What is the difference between the solute or osmotic potenti
What is the difference between the solute (or osmotic) potential and the pressure potential?
Solution
Differance between solute potential and pressure potential are:
Solute potential is the magnitude by which water potential decreases when the solute is added to the solution,pressure potential is the component of water potential which represent water pressure exerted in a cell.Most of the times solute potential is negative whereas pressure potential is positive in turgid cell.Solute potential is represented by psi (subscript s) and pressure potential is represented by psi (subscript p).
