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Long Distance Transport of Water

Question

What is a casparian strip?

Easy

A

A layer of endodermal cells
B

Cell wall thickening of radial and tangential walls of endodermis made of suberin.
C

Part of apoplast pathway
D

A layer of cells within endodermal cells

Solution

It comprises a single layer of barrel-shaped cells without any intercellular spaces. The tangential as well as radial walls of the endodermal cells have a deposition of water-impermeable, waxy material suberin in the form of casparian strips.

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