Cytorrhysis

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Cytorrhysis is the complete collapse of a plant cell's cell wall within plants due to the loss of water through osmosis. This usually follows plasmolysis. Cytorrhysis will cause a much greater loss of shape and structure. Usually this is very bad for the cell, resulting in extreme damage and possible death of the cell. Actually cell wall is not destroyed. The vacuole seems to increase in size and finally its collapses and its components are released in the cytosol.The plasma membrane seems to be appressed to the cell wall. Cytorrhysis occur when the size of the molecules constituting the osmoticum exceeds that of the pores of the cell wall matrix .What is happening to various organelles of the plant cell?

[edit] See also

• Plasmolysis