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“Unzipped”: How Plants Grow – Part 3

plantguy April 30, 2018 May 1, 2018Plant Cell Walls, Plant Cells, Plant Development expansins 0

Turgor Pressure + Plant Cell Wall “Loosening” = Growth. In the previous post, we explored the question of whether or not plants grew at night. The main point of this story was that plant cell turgor pressure is the force that drives plant cell enlargement, and thus plant growth. But…

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