question_answer 43)

Differentiate between apoplast and symplast pathways of water movement. Which of these would need active transport?

Answer:

                  Difference between apoplast pathway and symplast pathway is as follows

Apoplast Pathway	Symplast Pathway
It consists of the non-living parts of plant body, i.e., cell walls and inter cellular spaces. There is a little resistance in the movement of water in apoplastic pathway. It is a faster process.	It consist of 'living parts of plant body, i.e., protoplast connected by the plasmodesmata. Some resistance occurs in the movement of water through symplast. It is a slightly slower process.