Question

Describe the symplast route for phloem loading and explain how it occurs

Accepted Answer

Symplast route for loading:Sucrose moves thru cytoplasm of mesophyll cells into sieve tubes by diffusion thru plasmodesmataSucrose ends up in sieve elements and water follows by osmosisHydrostatic created that moves sucrose thru phloem by mass flow

Front	Describe the symplast route for phloem loading and explain how it occurs
Back	Symplast route for loading: Sucrose moves thru cytoplasm of mesophyll cells into sieve tubes by diffusion thru plasmodesmata Sucrose ends up in sieve elements and water follows by osmosis Hydrostatic created that moves sucrose thru phloem by mass flow

Sucrose Symplast Route Phloem Moves Sieve Describe Loading