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Transport in Plants - Short Notes
Transport in Plants - Short Notes
Solute potential and osmotic pressure magnitude same but direction opposite
Plasmolysis – shrinkage of protoplast when plant cell(living) when cell kept in hypertonic solution
Term Turgid Flaccid plasmolyzed
Kept in solution hypotonic isotonic hypertonic
Water Move inside cell, both Water move both in Water move out first from
movement vacuole and cell swell and out cytoplasm and then from vacuole
Turgor pressure positive Zero Negative
Osmotic Low O.P. Equal to turgor O.P highest
pressure pressure
Imbibition- Type of diffusion, solid or colloid absorb solvent to tremendous increase in volume,
condition- affinity (solid and solvent) and conc. Gradient, Use – seed germination, old time breakage of
rock boulder, rainy season wooden door swell, order of imbibition- protein more than cellulose
3. Transpiration Leaf mainly and other green part Loss of water in vapor form which
of plant like stem generate pull
Transpiration
Meaning Loss of water from leaf surface in vapour form
Type Stomatal is main other are through cuticle, bark and lenticel
Transpiration C-3 – loss of 200-400 H2O with entry of one CO2 and in C-4 only loss of 100-
ratio 200 H2O
Role Generate transpiration pull for transport of water and mineral, cool leaf
surface by 10-15 degree, keep plant turgid, help in absorption of water
Factors External - temperature, light, humidity, wind speed.
affecting Plant -number and distribution of stomata, per cent of open stomata, water status of
transpiration the plant, canopy structure
COCl2 test Test to determine number of open stomata
Anti- ABA hormone
transpirants
Opening and closing of stomata –
Stomatal apparatus – Guard cell + stomatal pore + subsidiary cell
Guard cell -bean shape in dicot (inner wall thick and elastic outer wall thin and radially arrange
cellulose microfibril and chloroplast present)
Subsidiary cell- epidermal cell lack chloroplast
Opening – water potential in Guard cell decrease→ water enter into guard cell from
subsidiary cell → outer wall buldge out → inner wall crescent shape → and helped by
cellulose microfibril → guard cell become turgid →stomata open
mineral help in opening – K+ and malate (both enter into vacuole of guard cell)
closing - water potential in Guard cell inc.→ water move out from guard cell into subsidiary
cell → inner wall elastic regain position → Guard cell flaccid → stomata Close
Mineral transport –
Absorption Only in ionic form, Active and passive both but mainly active as soil is dilute
solution occur through channel and pump
Transport in With the help of water, endodermis control type and amount of solute by forcing
root water to move along with solute through symplast
Transport in Along with transpiration stream
xylem
Unloading of Location-growing region like meristem apical and cambium, leaf veins, flower
mineral - and fruit
Unloading by Both active and passive
Mineral Organic form -amino acid
transport in Inorganic form – nitrate and nitrite
Occur through Xylem and phloem
Transport of food
Based on Source and sink concept-
Source Mature Leaf – food synthesized or storage organ from where food can move to place
of need
Sink Root-normal time, fruit-storage organ, young leaf
Active or Loading and unloading of food in sieve tube is active but transport in sieve tube is
passive passive
Apoplast or Symplast as sieve tube is living
symplast
Push or pull By push as positive hydrostatic pressure develops
Mechanism – Source Mesophyll cell produce food and converted into sucrose →
sucrose is transported into companion cell -actively → now sucrose moves to sieve tube
actively → sucrose in sieve tube decrease ψw → water from nearby xylem enter into sieve
tube → this increase pressure in sieve tube → food with water move to area with low
pressure like sink → food is unloaded actively → ψw increase in sieve tube → water move
back into xylem
Girdling experiment – to find direction of food in phloem, phloem outside and xylem inner side
girdling remove - secondary phloem, food accumulate upper part (food move from leaf to root)