Describe briefly the apoplastic and symplastic pathy way of movement of h2o in plants with neat labelled diagram
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A company decides to drain the water heater to flush out sediments. The water heater has a capacity of 500 gallons. It drains 100 gallons in 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, they open another drain valve and it drains 200 gallons in the next 20 minutes. The drain valves are closed for 10 minutes, while the workers take a break and then the water heater is drained until the water heater is completely empty. What are the domain and the range of this relation?
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The absorption of water by the roots of the plants takes place in two ways:
Active absorption
Passive absorption
In the active absorption, the water first enters the cell sap and passes from one cell to another. This type of movement where protoplasm is involved is called symplast.
In passive absorption, water moves through the apoplast of the root. The apoplast path includes the cell wall and intercellular spaces.
Apoplast and Symplast
Apoplast and symplast are two separate pathways in plants that initiate the passage of water along with ions from root hair via root cortex to xylem elements. These routes may exist either simultaneously or separately having different rates.
Let us have a detailed look at apoplast and symplast and the difference between the two.
Also Read: Transportation in Plants
