Osmotic adjustment in plants is a response to dry conditions and saline soils. This response involves plants

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Osmotic adjustment in plants involves increasing the concentration of solutes within their cells, particularly in the vacuoles. This process helps to lower the water potential inside the cells, thereby enabling the plant to absorb water from the surrounding environment, even under dry or saline conditions. This mechanism does not directly involve moving water around to change turgor, increasing water uptake rates (though it indirectly facilitates water uptake by altering water potential), wilting, or increasing the amount of water in vacuoles without first adjusting solute concentrations.

Osmotic Adjustment in Plants Is a Response to Dry Conditions