AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the symplastic pathway, the movement of water is in between the cytoplasm and the vacuoles through the plasma membranes and plasmodesmata and beyond the cortex of plant cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the symplast pathway (symplastic route), water passes from cytoplasm to cytoplasm through plasmodesmata (Figure 17.1.

Detailed explanation-3: -In symplastic pathway, water enters cells through plasmodesmata and travels through the cytoplasm.

Detailed explanation-4: -So, the correct option is ‘plasmodesmata’.

Detailed explanation-5: -the transmembrane pathway: in this pathway, water moves through water channels present in the plant cell plasma membranes, from one cell to the next, until eventually reaching the xylem.