BISC208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Root Cap, Vascular Plant, Gas Exchange

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Conducts water and dissolved nutrients from root system to shoot system. Brings water to photosynthetic areas of the plant. Conducts sugars, amino acids, hormones and other substances from roots to shoots and from shoots to roots. Complex tissue containing water-conducting cells, parenchyma cells and fibers. Xylem of all vascular plants contain tracheids and pits through which water moves. Angiosperms - xylem also contains vessel elements with perforations for water transport. Complex tissue containing two types of specialized cells. Long thin cells with perforated ends called sieve plates. Maintain the cytoplasm and plasma membrane of sieve-tube. Sieve-tube elements lack nuclei and are directly connect to adjacent companion elements cells by plasmodesmata. Plants grow throughout their lives because they have meristems - populations of undifferentiated cells that retain the ability to undergo mitosis. Apical meristems are found at the tip of each root and shoot and are responsible for primary growth.

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