BIOL10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Buoyancy, Plant Evolution, Protoplast

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Water balance: plant evolution is about adaptation to a terrestrial environment. Uptake and loss of water were not an issue. Buoyancy provided support: primitive land plants have no conducting tissues, or roots. They are more common in moist environments. Water: most abundant compound in plant cells (85-95% fresh weight) Used to make organic compounds (donates e- for photosynthesis, h+ for structural elements: provides some support (turgor pressure, solvent for reactions. 95% of water gathered is lost to the atmosphere, often within a few hours. Is the loss of water by evaporation from leaves using energy from incoming solar radiation to vaporise water: water lost through stomates. Internal leaf surface up to 200 x external surface. Huge area for water loss: corn plant transpires c. 500 litres in 4 month growing season, transpired water is replaced with water taken up by roots. Water moves through plant up to 75 cm per minute.

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