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What is a plasmolysis?

What is a plasmolysis? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss
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The presence of Casparian bands was confirmed by band plasmolysis even in basal parts of old roots, which would not occur with suberin lamella deposition.
It is invisible in the living cell but is evident in plasmolysis.
The kinetics of CO formation by CO2 plasmolysis is studied and analysed in detail.
A diminution of turgor may, on the other hand, be produced by withdrawal of water through plasmolysis.
High temperatures can cause plasmolysis, change chloroplast coloration, or distort cell shape.
By contrast with mannitol, ionic osmotica induced plasmolysis of all root cells, irrespective of their position within the maize root apex.

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