Part 1 – The Bigger Picture. Plants at Work! 1. Picture an i…
Part 1 – The Bigger Picture. Plants at Work! 1. Picture an iron (Fe2+) cation in a xylem vessel in the root of a rhododendron plant. It is transported from the root to the leaf, through the xylem. To get from xylem vessel element in root to xylem vessel element in leaf, did this mineral travel along the apoplastic or symplastic pathway? Explain your reasoning. (3-4 sentence limit)