Question

State whether the following statements are true or false .
Plasmolysis is responsible for the passage of water from one cell to another in a plant.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Plasmolysis is the withdrawal of the protoplast of a plant cell from its wall due to excessive loss of water from the cell (exosmosis). It occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution.

Whereas the passage of water from one cell to another takes place through two pathways, either apoplastic or symplastic pathways.

Apoplastic is when water passes from root hairs to xylem through the walls of intervening cells without crossing any membrane or cytoplasm.

Symplastic is when water passes through interconnected protoplasts of different cells.

So, the given statement is false.