Plasmolysis is the cellular loss of water. How can a cell potentially prevent this?

(a) Decreasing proton concentrations
(b) Closing down the cell wall
(c) Increasing the cytoplasmic solute concentration
(d) Increasing the apoplastic solute concentration


Ans: (c) Increasing the cytoplasmic solute concentration

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