What is the relationship between water potential, solute potential and pressure potential?
What is the relationship between water potential, solute potential and pressure potential?
Ψw = Ψs - Ψp
Ψw = Ψp - Ψs
Ψw = Ψs + Ψp
Ψw = Ψs x Ψp
Solution
The water potential of a cell is affected by both solute and pressure potential and the relationship between them is given by Ψw = Ψs + Ψp. This means that the water potential of a cell is equal to the sum of solute potential and pressure potential.