Plant roots

... but it is much too slow to function in long-distance transport within a plant. For example, diffusion from one end of a cell to the other takes seconds, but diffusion from the roots to the top of a giant redwood would take decades or more... In xylem, it is actually ...

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Hi im uncertain about this experiment which is used in my text book: Two plants, one with the roots intact and the other with its roots removed are kept in beakers of water in identical ...

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... the respiratory chain 16. Which of these is a function of cuticle in a plant? (A.) To direct chromosomes during meiosis. (B.) To form a barrier ... in the form of chemical bonds. (E.) Transporting minerals from the roots. 17. In the conversion of energy-poor carbon dioxide into energy rich ...

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... amounts about meristems. I understand that they are embryonic plant tissue in the tips of roots and in the buds of shoots that supply cells for the plant to grow in length. The problem ...

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... background whatsoever... My questions also relate to short day plants. My first question is on cytokinins... are they produced more during ... stretch (in search of light), while at the same time stretching out the roots. Yet why stretch out the roots? Anyhow, the way i see it (I have admitted ...

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