Transcript Lecture #5 – Plant Transport

Lecture #5 – Plant Transport
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Key Concepts:
• The importance of water
• Water potential: Ψ = P - s
• How water moves – gradients,
mechanisms and pathways
• Transpiration – water movement from soil
to plant to atmosphere
• The pressure flow model of phloem
transport
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WHY WATER???
• Required for metabolism
and cytoplasm
• Nutrients are taken up
and transported in
water-based solution
• Metabolic products are
transported in waterbased solution
• Water movement
through the plant affects
gas exchange and leaf T
Diagram – movement of
water through a tree
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Water Potential (Ψ):
• Controls the movement of water
• A measure of potential energy
• Water always moves from an area of HIGH
water potential to an area of LOW water
potential
• Controlled by physical pressure, solute
concentration, adhesion of water to cell
structures and to soil particles, temperature,
and gravity
Ψ=P-s
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Diagram – water moves from high
water potential to low water
potential, sometimes toward a
negative value; same next 3 slides
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minus 4 is MORE NEGATIVE than minus 1
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High
Low
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Diagram – water potential is universal, including with waterfalls
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Water Potential (Ψ):
• Controls the movement of water
• A measure of potential energy
• Water always moves from an area of HIGH
water potential to an area of LOW water
potential
• Controlled by physical pressure, solute
concentration, adhesion of water to cell
structures and to soil particles, temperature,
and gravity
Ψ=P-s
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P – Pressure Potential
• By convention, set to zero in an open
container of water (atmospheric pressure
only)
• In the plant cell, P can be positive, negative
or zero
A cell with positive pressure is turgid
A cell with negative pressure is plasmolyzed
A cell with zero pressure is flaccid
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Turgid
P>0
Plasmolyzed
P<0
Flaccid
P=0
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What are the little green things???
Micrograph – photosynthetic cells: turgid on left,
plasmolyzed on right; same on next 3 slides
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Turgid
Plasmolyzed
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Critical Thinking
• How can you tell this
tissue was artificially
plasmolyzed?
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Critical Thinking
• How can you tell this
tissue was artificially
plasmolyzed?
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Crispy means plasmolyzed
beyond the permanent
wilting point 
Image – turgid plant on left, plasmolyzed on right
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s – Solute Potential
• s = zero for pure water
Pure H2O = nothing else, not a solution
• Adding solutes ALWAYS decreases the
potential energy of water
Some water molecules now carry a load – there
is less free water
s
s
s
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Remember,
Ψ=P–s
Diagram – effect on water potential of adding salts to
solutions separated by semi-permeable membrane
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Ψ=P–s
Pressure can be +, -, or 0
Solutes always have a negative effect
Simplest way to calculate Ψ is by this
equation
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
…..what do you know???
….what do you need to know???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
…..what do you know???
….what do you need to know???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
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Then what happens???
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Then what happens???
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Then what happens???
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one
molecule at a time across a semi-permeable
membrane
Controlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk –
as a liquid
Controlled primarily by P
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Osmosis
Diagram – osmosis across a semi-permeable membrane; next slide also
Critical Thinking: Where does water
move by osmosis in plants???
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Osmosis
Critical Thinking: Where does water
move by osmosis in plants???
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one
molecule at a time across a semi-permeable
membrane
Controlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk –
as a liquid
Controlled primarily by P
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one
molecule at a time across a semi-permeable
membrane
Controlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk –
as a liquid
Controlled primarily by P – no membrane, no
solute gradient!
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Critical Thinking
• Where does water
move by bulk flow
in plants???
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Critical Thinking
• Where does water
move by bulk flow
in plants???
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Routes of water transport
soil  root  stem  leaf  atmosphere
Cell Wall
Cell Membrane
Diagram – apoplast, symplast and transmembrane
pathways; same on next slide
Cytoplasm
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Routes of water transport
soil  root  stem  leaf  atmosphere
Cell Wall
Cell Membrane
Cytoplasm
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Diagram – Casparian strip; same on next 2 slides
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The Casparian Strip is a band of suberin in the
transverse and radial (but not the tangential) walls of
the endodermis cells
Water CANNOT PASS THROUGH the Casparian Strip
Water must GO AROUND the Casparian Strip –
through the tangential face of the endodermis
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The Casparian Strip is a band of suberin in the
transverse and radial (but not the tangential) walls of
the endodermis cells
Water CANNOT PASS THROUGH the Casparian Strip
Water must GO AROUND the Casparian Strip –
through the tangential face of the endodermis
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Critical Thinking
• Apoplast water is forced into the symplast
at the Casparian Strip
• What does this mean for the water???
• What is the function of the Casparian
Strip???
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Critical Thinking
• Apoplast water is forced into the symplast
at the Casparian Strip
• What does this mean for the water???
• What is the function of the Casparian
Strip???
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Critical Thinking
• Apoplast water is forced into the symplast
at the Casparian Strip
• What does this mean for the water???
• What is the function of the Casparian
Strip???
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Membrane Transport
(review in text if necessary)
Diagram – review of membrane transport proteins
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Water is on the move
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Transpiration
Diagram – transpiration
• Movement of water from
soil  plant  atmosphere
• Controlled by HUGE water
potential gradient
• Gradient controlled by P
Very little s contribution
Ψ=P-s
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Stomates are the Valves:
as long as the stomata are open, water
will move through the plant
Micrograph – stomata
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Transpiration
Diagram – transpiration
• Movement of water from
soil  plant  atmosphere
• Controlled by HUGE water
potential gradient
• Gradient controlled by P
Very little s contribution
Ψ=P-s
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Solar Heating Drives
the Process
• Air is dry because of solar heating
The air molecules bounce around more which
causes air masses to expand
Warm air has tremendous capacity to hold
water vapor
• Warm, dry air dramatically reduces the Ψ
of the atmosphere
• Daytime gradient is commonly 30+ MPa
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Critical Thinking
• Why do we have life on this planet and not
the others in our solar system???
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Critical Thinking
• Why do we have life on this planet and not
the others in our solar system???
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Critical Thinking
• Why do we have life on this planet and not
the others in our solar system???
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Life is Random
Model – our solar system
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Solar Heating Drives
the Process
• Air is dry because of solar heating
The air molecules bounce around more which
causes air masses to expand
Warm air has tremendous capacity to hold
water vapor
• Warm, dry air dramatically reduces the Ψ
of the atmosphere
• Daytime gradient is commonly 30+ MPa
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- 200
asymptotic
Atmospheric
water
potential
(MPa)
- 30
0
0
80
100
Relative Humidity (%)
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Critical Thinking
• Under what conditions does atmospheric
water potential approach zero???
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asymptotic
Atmospheric
water
potential
(MPa)
- 30
0
0
80
100
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Relative Humidity (%)
Critical Thinking
• Under what conditions does atmospheric
water potential approach zero???
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asymptotic
Atmospheric
water
potential
(MPa)
- 30
0
0
80
100
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Relative Humidity (%)
Gradient is HUGE
• Pressure plumbing ~ 0.25 MPa
• Fully inflated car tire ~ 0.2 MPa
• Only in the pouring rain does atmospheric
Ψ approach zero
• Soil Ψ is ~ zero under most conditions
• Remember – gradient is NEGATIVE
• Water is pulled into plant under TENSION
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Gradient is HUGE
• Pressure plumbing ~ 0.25 MPa
• Fully inflated car tire ~ 0.2 MPa
• Only in the pouring rain does atmospheric
Ψ approach zero
• Soil Ψ is ~ zero under most conditions
• Remember – gradient is NEGATIVE
• Water is pulled into plant under TENSION
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- 200
asymptotic
Atmospheric
water
potential
(MPa)
- 30
0
0
80
100
Relative Humidity (%)
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Gradient is HUGE
• Pressure plumbing ~ 0.25 MPa
• Fully inflated car tire ~ 0.2 MPa
• Only in the pouring rain does atmospheric
Ψ approach zero
• Soil Ψ is ~ zero under most conditions
• Remember – gradient is NEGATIVE
• Water is pulled into plant under TENSION
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The tension gradient is
extreme, especially
during the day
Diagram – transpiration
gradient from soil to
atmosphere
Sunday, 1 October 2006
8 am – RH = 86%
Noon – RH = 53%
4 pm – RH = 36%
8 pm – RH = 62%
5am, 23 September – 94% in light rain
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- 200
asymptotic
Atmospheric
water
potential
(MPa)
- 30
0
0
80
100
Relative Humidity (%)
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Critical Thinking
• Tension is a strong force!
• Why doesn’t the water stream break???
• Adhesion and cohesion
• Why doesn’t the xylem collapse???
• Lignin!
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Critical Thinking
• Tension is a strong force!
• Why doesn’t the water stream break???
• Why doesn’t the xylem collapse???
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Critical Thinking
• Tension is a strong force!
• Why doesn’t the water stream break???
• Why doesn’t the xylem collapse???
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Diagram – transpiration gradient plus pathways
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Table – water use by various crops
One hectare (2 football fields) of corn transpires about 6 million liters of water
per growing season – the equivalent of 2’ of water over the entire hectare…
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Transpiration is a powerful force!
• A single broadleaf tree can move 4000 liters
of water per day!!! (about 1000 gallons)
• If humans had to drink that much water we
would drink about 10 gallons per day!
• Transpiration accounts for 90% of
evapotranspiration over most terrestrial
surfaces
• Plants are the most important component of
the hydrological cycle over land!!!
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Tropical deforestation is leading to
ecological and social disaster
• Poverty, famine and forced migration
• 250 million victims of ecological destruction –
that’s about how many people live in the US!
….and just a tiny fraction of the world’s
impoverished people
You can help
change this!!!
Image – deforestation snaps
water cycle and also results in
erosion
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Panama
Guatemala
Tropical deforestation is leading to
ecological and social disaster
• Poverty, famine and forced migration
• 250 million victims of ecological destruction –
that’s about how many people live in the US!
….and just a tiny fraction of the world’s
impoverished people
You MUST help
change this!!!
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Panama
Guatemala
Social Justice
I’m not
angry
with
you
……
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Social Justice
But I do
expect
you to DO
something
!!!
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Transpiration is a Natural Process
• It is a physical process that occurs as long
as the gradient exists and the pathway is
open
• Under adequate soil moisture conditions
the enormous water loss is not a problem
for the plant
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Critical Thinking
• What happens when soil moisture
becomes limited???
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Critical Thinking
• What happens when soil moisture
becomes limited???
• What then???
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Critical Thinking
• What happens when soil moisture
becomes limited???
• What then???
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What happens when soil moisture
becomes limited???
• Water stress causes stomata to close
• Closed stomata halt gas exchange
 P/T conflict  P/T compromise
• Stomata are generally open during the day,
closed at night
 Abscissic acid promotes stomata closure daily, and
under water stress conditions
 Other structural adaptations limit water loss when
stomata are open
 Other metabolic pathways (C4, CAM) limit water loss 84
Normally, stomata open during the day and
close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light,
low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
• High [K+] does
what to Ψ???
Micrograph – turgid guard
cells; same next 4 slides
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Normally, stomata open during the day and
close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light,
low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
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Normally, stomata open during the day and
close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light,
low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
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Normally, stomata open during the day and
close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light,
low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
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Normally, stomata open during the day and
close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light,
low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
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Diagram – open and closed stomata
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Abscissic acid is the hormone that
mediates this response
Diagram – hormone mediated stomatal opening and closing
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Cellulose orientation determines
shape of turgid cells
Diagram – spoke-like orientation of cellulose microfibrils
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What happens when soil moisture
becomes limited???
• Water stress causes stomata to close
• Closed stomata halt gas exchange
 P/T conflict  P/T compromise
• Stomata are generally open during the day,
closed at night
 Abscissic acid promotes stomata closure daily, and
under water stress conditions
 Other structural adaptations limit water loss when
stomata are open
 Other metabolic pathways (C4, CAM) limit water loss 93
Micrograph – location of stomatal gradient
This is the
gradient that
counts
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Images – structural adaptations to dry environments
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Images and diagrams – metabolic
adaptations to dry environments
Spatial separation
helps C4 plants be
more efficient in hot
climates
Temporal separation
does the same for
CAM plants
Both use an enzyme
that can’t fix O2 to
first capture CO2
Both adaptations
allow photosynthesis
to proceed with
stomata largely
closed during the
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day
Phloem Transport
• Most of phloem sap is water (70% +)
• Solutes in phloem sap are mostly carbohydrates,
mostly sucrose for most plant species
• Other solutes (ATP, mineral nutrients, amino
acids, hormones, secondary metabolites, etc)
can also be translocated in the phloem
• Phloem transport driven by water potential
gradients, but the gradients develop due to
active transport – both P and s are important
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Xylem transport
is uni-directional,
driven by solar
heating
Diagram – pressure flow model
of phloem flow; this diagram is
repeated throughout this section
• Phloem flow is
multi-directional,
driven by active
transport –
source to sink
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Sources can be
leaves, stems or
roots
• Sinks can be
leaves, stems,
roots or
reproductive
parts (especially
seeds and fruits)
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Sources and
sinks vary
depending on
metabolic activity,
which varies daily
and seasonally
• Most sources
supply the
nearest sinks, but
some take priority
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Active transport (uses ATP) builds
high sugar concentration in sieve
cells adjacent to source
Diagram – the transport proteins that actively transport
sucrose into the phloem cells from the leaf cells
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• High [solute] at
source end does
what to Ψ???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What happens to Ψ as s increases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What happens to Ψ as s increases???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ decreases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ decreases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ decreases???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• High [solute] at
source end
decreases Ψ
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Critical Thinking
• What will happen to water pressure in any
plant cell as water moves in???
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Critical Thinking
• What will happen to water pressure in any
plant cell as water moves in???
• Why???
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Critical Thinking
• What will happen to water pressure in any
plant cell as water moves in???
• Why???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• High [solute] at
source end
decreases Ψ
• Water moves into
the source end of
the phloem
 This increases
the pressure
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Increased
pressure at
source end
causes phloem
sap to move to
any area of lower
Ψ = sinks
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• At sink end, the
sugars are
removed by
metabolism, by
conversion to
starch, or by
active transport
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• What then
happens to the Ψ
at the sink end of
the phloem???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What happens to Ψ as s decreases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What happens to Ψ as s decreases???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ increases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ increases???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equation
Ψ=P-s
• What does water do when Ψ increases???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Thus the
phloem sap
moves – from
source to sink
Some xylem
water is cycled
into and out of
the phloem in
the process
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Active transport
is always
involved at the
source end, but
only sometimes
at the sink end
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Critical Thinking
• What about the structure of
the sieve cells facilitates
the movement of phloem
Micrograph – sieve cells;
sap???
same next slide
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Critical Thinking
• What about the structure of
the sieve cells facilitates
the movement of phloem
sap???
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The Pressure
Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
Questions???
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Key Concepts: Questions???
• The importance of water
• Water potential: Ψ = P - s
• How water moves – gradients,
mechanisms and pathways
• Transpiration – water movement from soil
to plant to atmosphere
• The pressure flow model of phloem
transport
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