Symplastic route

Define symplastic route

Water and solutes move along continuum of cytosol

The symplast consists of

Symplast consists of

1)Entire mass of cytosol of all living cells in a plant

2)Aswell as plasmodesmata and the cytoplasmic channels that connect them

The requirement for the path to be considered as symplastic route

1)Route requires substance to cross the plasma membrane once

2)When they 1st enter the plant

What happens after the substance pass the Plasma membrane

1)After entering 1 cell

2)Substances move can move from cell to cell via plasmodesmata