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Question
Identify and define 'A' and 'B' in relation to uptake of water by the root:
Solution
A = Symplastic pathway
Definition: When water passes across from one living cell to other living cell through plasmodesmata.
B = Apolastic pathway
Definition: When some amount of water passes across the root through the cell wall and intercellular spaces of the cortical cell.
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