Some vacuoles are rich in pigments that colour the cells, such as red and blue pigments of petals that help in attracting pollinating insects to flowers. Vacuoles may also help protect the plant against herbivores by containing compounds that are poisonous or unpalatable to animals. The vacuole has a major role in the growth of plant cells, which elongate as their vacuoles absorb water, enabling the cell to become larger with minimal investment in cytoplasm. The large central vacuole of the plant cell develops by the coalescence of smaller vacuoles, themselves derived from the ER and Golgi apparatus. I need to know some recent information on vacuoles, within the last 2 years.
Vacuoles are simply just storage bins.
They store things such as wastes and nutrients. A cell will break into a vacuole when what is inside is needed. If it contains waste, then it will simply hold on to it until it is able to rid itself of it. The structure of a vacuole consists of a single membrane surrounding the liquid or solid contents inside. These are formed initially by the engulfing or phagocytosis of food particles.