Statement I : Most of the water flow in roots occurs via apoplast.
Statement II : The cortical cells are loosely packed, and hence offer no resistance to water movement.

Most of the water flow in roots occurs via apoplast. The apoplast is the system of adjacent cell walls that is continuous throughout the plant, except at the casparian strips of the endodermis in the roots The cortical cells are loosely packed, and hence offer no resistance to water movement.