The following points highlight the two types of pathways of water passage from root hair to xylem inside the root. The types are: 1. Apoplast Pathway 2. Symplast Pathway. Type # 1. Apoplast Pathway: Here water passes from root hair to xylem through the walls of intervening cells without crossing any membrane or cytoplasm. The pathway provides the least resistance [...]
The below mentioned article provides biology notes on Water Absorption from Soil. Soil is the upper weathered, humus, mineral water and air containing layer of the earth’s crust which supports plant life. Water is an important constituent of soil because all land plants depend upon it for their requirement of water. Deep in the soil and above the impermeable stratum, [...]
In this article we will discuss about the anatomy of different dicot roots: 1. Ranunculus – Root 2. Cicer – Root 3. Tinospora – Root 4. Ficus – Root. 1. Anatomy of Ranunculus – Root (Family – Ranunculaceae): It is circular in outline and reveals the following tissues from outside with-in: Epiblema: 1. Outermost, single - layered epiblema consists of [...]