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Bab 4b Plasmodesma
Bab 4b Plasmodesma
BIOLOGI SEL
04020205
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Program Studi Biologi
FAKULTAS BIOLOGI
UNIVERSITAS NASIONAL
PLASMODESMA
http://hayounlee‐
organelles.weebly.com/plasmodesmata.html
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PLASMODESMA
http://home.earthlink.net/~dayvda
nls/plant_transport.html
https://www.ccrc.uga.edu/~mao/in
tro/ouline.htm
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PLASMODESMA
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/plants/plas
modesmata.html
https://www.slideshare.net/stephaniehudon/b
io‐201‐chapter‐4‐powerpoint
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PLASMODESMA
• Water Transport in the Root
• The flow of water and minerals from the soil to the cells of the root is accomplished by transpirational
pull, active transport and a special layer of cells called the casparian strip.
• Active transport establishes a lower water potential and helps the root hairs take in the necessary
minerals dissolved in soil water. A lower water potential allows water to be drawn into the root cells by
osmosis.
• In order to regulate the quantity and type of minerals and ions reach the xylem, the root has a waxy
layer between the endodermis and pericycle called the casparian strip. Water and mineral normally can
travel through the porous cell walls of the root cortex ‐‐ this is the apoplastic route. But in order for water
and minerals to reach the stele (xylem) the highly regulated (cytoplasmic) symplastic route must be taken.
The apoplastic route is blocked by the casparian strip.
• The symplastic route involves special openings between adjacent cell walls called plasmodesmata. (see
below)
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ansport.html Retno Widowati