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What are Apoplast and Symplast ?

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1. Apoplast is the continuous system (network) of cell walls and intercellular spaces in a plant body. This allows movement of water, molecules without crossing the cell membranes.
2. Symplast is the system of interconnected protoplasts by means of plasmodesmata. This allows movement of water from one cellto another through their.cytoplasm.
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