Osmotic pressure of cell sap pressed out of mature leaves of most plants

Range 0.6 to 3.0 MPa
Organism Plants
Reference Park S. Nobel, Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, 3rd edition, Elsevier academic press, 2005 p.68 top paragraph
Comments "The osmotic pressure of cell sap pressed out of mature leaves of most plants is 0.6 to 3.0 MPa for comparison, sea water has a ps of 2.5MPa."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108540