Differentiate between apoplast and symplast pathway .
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Explanation:
Apoplast includes the non-living components of a plant such as cell walls and the intracellular spaces. ... In contrast, in the symplastic pathway, water moves by the osmosis since water moves across the cell membranes. The main difference between apoplast and symplast is their mechanism of the water movement.
Answer:
Symplast consists of cytoplasm network of every plant cell interconnected by plasmodesmata. Symplast does not involve intercellular spaces and cell wall and therefore considered as the complete living component of the plant tissue. The pathways of ion and water created by symplast are known as the symplastic pathway.
Apoplast is the space lying outside the plasma membrane consisting of intercellular spaces along with cell wall. It does not involve protoplasm in the plant tissues and therefore considered to be a non-living part of the plant. Apoplast makes a major pathway known as apoplastic pathway which supports water and ions to xylem elements from soil through the root.