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Why can water and salts only pass through the symplast?

Hello, could somebody answer the title question please? I missed the lesson and I don't know what a symplast or apoplast is. Thanks!


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Because of the Casparian Strip.
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(you'll have to remove the gaps)
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Original post by Enthusiastic A
Hello, could somebody answer the title question please? I missed the lesson and I don't know what a symplast or apoplast is. Thanks!


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Water travels normally through the apoplast pathway however when it reaches the casparian strip it cannot go through and then has to go through the symplast pathway from there onwards

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