The Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants
During the process of osmosis, water molecules move from an area that
is hypotonic to an area that is hypertonic. A hypotonic area is one in
which has less solute and a hypertonic area is one which has more
solute.
Plant cells, such as the ones in the epidermis and cortex regions of
the roots of the plant, all have living contents, which are enclosed
by a cell surface membrane and a thick, quite inelastic cellulose cell
wall. The cell wall has special properties, which help the cells
resist during the osmotic uptake of water. If a plant cell is placed
in distilled water, it wonÂ’t swell up and burst like for example, a
red blood cell, but it will take in water until the pressure that the
wall exerts stops any further intake and expansion. When a plant
reaches this condition it is said to be fully turgid. This turgor is
essential for support in the plant, as the plant would wilt if it lost
water.
The term water potential is used to describe the force acting on water
molecules in a solution, when separated from pure water by a membrane,
which only allows water to pass through it. This is a measure of the
potential of water molecules to move from a region of a certain water
molecule concentration to another region of lower water molecule
concentration. Water will move from a region of higher water potential
to one of lower water potential. It is measured in terms of pressure
and the units are either kPa (kilopascals) or MPa (megapascals). The
symbol for water potential is Ψ (Greek letter psi). Pure water has the
highest water potential (0). More negative water potentials indicate
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...the central tissues. These three ways are:
· Apoplast pathway: in which water passes through the continuous
system of adjacent cell walls.
· Symplast pathway: in which water moves from cell to cell, through
the cytoplasm (the cytoplasm of adjacent cells in the cortex is in
contact via the plasmodesmata, which are fine-channels through the
cell walls).
· Vacuolar pathway: in which water moves from vacuole to vacuole.
However, when water reaches the endodermal cells its movement is
stopped by a waterproof layer in the cell walls, called the Casparian
strip. This is impregnated with suberin, a waxy compound, which is
impermeable to water. Therefore, water is prevented from passing
around the endodermal cells through the cell walls, but instead it
passes through the cell surface membrane and cell contents.
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