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5. Differentiate between the following: 

             (e) Apoplast and Symplast pathways of movement of water in plants.

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Apoplast pathway Symplast pathway

It consists of nonliving parts of the plant body such as the cell walls and intercellular spaces.

It consists of living parts of the plant body such as protoplast connected to plasmodesmata.

 

There is little resistance in the movement of water

Some resistance occurs in the movement of water.

The metabolic state of the root does not affect the apoplast pathway.

The metabolic state of the root directly affects the symplast pathway.

 

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