Plasmolysis is an effect of osmosis in plants and bacteria. Osmosis is the net diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane, such as a cell membrane, from an area with a high water potential to an area with a low water potential. Turgidity A plant cell in a more dilute salt solution will absorb water by endosmosis, so that the increased volume of water in the cell will increase pressure, making the protoplasm push against the cell wall, a condition known as turgor. Turgor makes… (More on Plasmolysed)