Chapter 26: Nutrition And Transport In Plants Flashcards
Active transport
Plants absorb minerals out of the soil by active transport using transport proteins
Van Helmont
Willow tree experiment
Macronutrients
CHPMgONK
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, potassium, nitrogen, magnesium
Micronutrients
Zn, cu, fe, mn
Water movement through the plant:
Water and minerals can move laterally
Water movement through the plant:
From cell to cell through membranes
Plants can control water movement and the casparian strip insures taut the control occurs
Facilitated diffusion
No cell energy required
Aquaporins
Proteins that extract water
Symplastic movement
Water moving from cell to cell through a tube. No control is possible
Plasmodesmata
Little tiny ports inside of cell transport water
Apoplastic movement
Water moving through the cell walls
Mineral uptake-
- N2 fixing bacteria
2. Mycorrhizae- fungus that increases the surface of roots for water and mineral uptake
Tracheids
Taper and overlap with pits in between
Vessel elements
Short, wide tubes arranged in a series- some have perforated walls some have these walls absent
Companion cells
Associated with non nucleated sieve tube offer chemical support- connected by plasmodesmata