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Briefly describe two pathways through which mineral nutrients absorbed by roots are carried to the xylem. |
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Answer» Apoplast pathway : The ions enter the cell wall of epidermis and move across the cell wall from epidermis to xylem and finally gets accumulated there. Symplast pathway: The ions enter the cytoplasm of epidermis and move across the cytoplasm of epidermis to cytoplasm of pericycle through phasmodesmata and finally to xylem vessels. |
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