What will happen if plant cells are placed in hypertonic solution?
A
Turgid
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B
Plasmolysed
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C
Deplasmolysed
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D
Lysed
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Solution
The correct option is B Plasmolysed
If a plant cell is placed in hypertonic solution, a cell will lose water. A plant cell is encompassed by an inflexible cell divider. Hence, when the cell shrinks, it does as such by gradually losing water and framing around mass, by the plasma layer moving far from the cell divider. This is known as plasmolysis.