BSC 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tracheid, Plasmodesma, Symplast

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Vascular cylinder- composed of xylem and phloem; center of root and stems. Allows for vertical growth; plant held upright: lignin in cell walls. Have holes ie pits: cross flow of water between xylem vessels in the plant. Vessel elements favorable because: large diameter, more efficient stacking pattern. Lignin in walls that enable plants to be upright and grow vertically. Plasmodesmata- junctions between adjoining plant cells; allows for cytosol exchange. Water= controlled substance: has to cross at least one membrane when traveling through the root. Root hair cell wals are hydrophilic- access to the apoplast. Two ways to transport water: symplastic- substances move from cell to cell through cytosol, connected by plasmodesmata, apoplastic route- substances flow from cell to cell via cell wall and extracellular space. Water eventually meets endodermis: innermost root cortex layer, controls access to vascular cylinder, contact with casparian strip- passage that blocks water passage.

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