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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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Diagram – movement of water through a tree
WHY WATER???
• Required for metabolism and cytoplasm
• Nutrients are taken up and transported in water-based solution
• Metabolic products are transported in water-based solution
• Water movement through the plant affects gas exchange and leaf T
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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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7minus 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 zeroA cell with positive pressure is turgidA cell with negative pressure is plasmolyzedA cell with zero pressure is flaccid
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Turgid P > 0
Plasmolyzed P < 0
Flaccid P = 0
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Micrograph – photosynthetic cells: turgid on left, plasmolyzed on right; same on next 3 slides
What are the little green things???
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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?
• Observe the cell on the far right – it is still turgid
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Image – turgid plant on left, plasmolyzed on right
Crispy means plasmolyzed beyond the permanent
wilting point
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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 waterSome water molecules now carry a load – there
is less free water
s
s s
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Diagram – effect on water potential of adding salts to solutions separated by semi-permeable membrane
Remember, Ψ = P – s
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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???
Ψ = ?
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = ?
P = ?.......s = ?
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = ?
P = 0.......s = about 0.7 MPa
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = -0.7 MPa
P = 0.......s = about 0.7 MPa
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???…..what do you know???
Ψ = ?
….what do you need to know???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = ?
P = ?.......s = ?
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
P = 0.......s = 0
Ψ = ?
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
P = 0.......s = 0
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
Ψ = -0.7 MPa?
Will water move into the cell or out of the cell???
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Flaccid cell in pure water – what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
Water moves from high Ψ to low Ψ
Ψ = -0.7 MPa
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Then what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
Ψ = -0.7 MPa
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Then what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
Ψ = -0.7 MPa
P in cell goes up…..
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Then what happens???
Ψ = 0 MPa
Dynamic equilibrium!
Ψ = 0 MPa
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one molecule at a time across a semi-permeable membraneControlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk – as a liquidControlled primarily by P
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Diagram – osmosis across a semi-permeable membrane; next slide also
Osmosis
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???
Cell membrane is semi-permeable
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one molecule at a time across a semi-permeable membraneControlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk – as a liquidControlled primarily by P
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Water Movement
• Osmosis – the diffusion of water one molecule at a time across a semi-permeable membraneControlled by both P and s
• Bulk Flow – the movement of water in bulk – as a liquidControlled 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???
• Primarily in the xylem, also in phloem and in the cell walls
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Diagram – apoplast, symplast and transmembrane pathways; same on next slide
Cell WallCell Membrane
Cytoplasm
Routes of water transportsoil root stem leaf atmosphere
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Cell WallCell Membrane
Cytoplasm
Routes of water transportsoil root stem leaf atmosphere
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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???
• It has to cross a cell membrane (easy for 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???
• It has to cross a cell membrane (easy for water!)
• What is the function of the Casparian Strip???
• Solute uptake is regulated at the membrane!!!
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Diagram – review of membrane transport proteins
Membrane Transport(review in text if necessary)
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Water is on the move
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Diagram – transpiration
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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Micrograph – stomata
Stomates are the Valves:as long as the stomata are open, water
will move through the plant
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Diagram – transpiration
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 heatingThe 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???
• Liquid water!
• Why do we have liquid water???
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Critical Thinking
• Why do we have life on this planet and not the others in our solar system???
• Liquid water!
• Why do we have liquid water???
• 3rd rock from the sun!The Goldilocks Zone – not too hot, not too coldPlus, we have enough gravity to hold our
atmosphere in placeIt’s our atmosphere that holds the warmth
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Model – our solar system
Life is Random
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Solar Heating Drives the Process
• Air is dry because of solar heatingThe 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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Atmospheric water
potential (MPa)
Relative Humidity (%)
0 10080
- 200
- 30
0
asymptotic
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Critical Thinking
• Under what conditions does atmospheric water potential approach zero???
Atmospheric water
potential (MPa)
Relative Humidity (%)
0 10080
- 200
- 30
0
asymptotic
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Critical Thinking
• Under what conditions does atmospheric water potential approach zero???
• Only in the pouring rain
Atmospheric water
potential (MPa)
Relative Humidity (%)
0 10080
- 200
- 30
0
asymptotic
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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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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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Atmospheric water
potential (MPa)
Relative Humidity (%)
0 10080
- 200
- 30
0
asymptotic
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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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Diagram – transpiration gradient from soil to atmosphere
The tension gradient is extreme, especially
during the day
Sunday, 1 October 20068 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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Atmospheric water
potential (MPa)
Relative Humidity (%)
0 10080
- 200
- 30
0
asymptotic
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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???
• Adhesion and cohesion
• Why doesn’t the xylem collapse???
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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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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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Image – deforestation snaps water cycle and also results in erosion
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
Panama
You can help change this!!!
Guatemala
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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
Panama
You MUST help change this!!!
Guatemala
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Social JusticeI’m not angry with you……
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Social JusticeBut 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???
• Water stress causes stomata to close
• What then???
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Critical Thinking
• What happens when soil moisture becomes limited???
• Water stress causes stomata to close
• What then???
• Gas exchange ceases – no CO2 = no photosynthesis
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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 nightAbscissic acid promotes stomata closure daily, and
under water stress conditionsOther structural adaptations limit water loss when
stomata are openOther metabolic pathways (C4, CAM) limit water loss
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Micrograph – turgid guard cells; same next 4 slides
Normally, stomata open during the day and close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
• High [K+] does what to Ψ???
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light, low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
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• High [K+] lowers water potential in guard cells
• What does water do???
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light, low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
Normally, stomata open during the day and close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
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• High [K+] lowers water potential in guard cells
• Water enters, cells swell and buckle
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light, low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
Normally, stomata open during the day and close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
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• High [K+] lowers water potential in guard cells
• Water enters, cells swell and buckle
• Pore opens
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light, low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
Normally, stomata open during the day and close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
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• High [K+] lowers water potential in guard cells
• Water enters, cells swell and buckle
• Pore opens• Reverse at night
closes the pores
• K+ accumulation is triggered by increased light, low carbon dioxide, circadian rhythms
Normally, stomata open during the day and close at night in response to changes in K+
concentration in stomata guard cells
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Diagram – open and closed stomata
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Diagram – hormone mediated stomatal opening and closing
Abscissic acid is the hormone that mediates this response
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Diagram – spoke-like orientation of cellulose microfibrils
Cellulose orientation determines shape of turgid cells
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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 nightAbscissic acid promotes stomata closure daily, and
under water stress conditionsOther structural adaptations limit water loss when
stomata are openOther metabolic pathways (C4, CAM) limit water loss
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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 day
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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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Diagram – pressure flow model of phloem flow; this diagram is repeated throughout this section
The Pressure Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Xylem transport is uni-directional, driven by solar heating
• 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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Diagram – the transport proteins that actively transport sucrose into the phloem cells from the leaf cells
Active transport (uses ATP) builds high sugar concentration in sieve
cells adjacent to source
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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???
• Water potential is reduced
• This is what happens at the source end of the phloem
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The Pressure Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• High [solute] at source end decreases Ψ
• What does water do???
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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???
• Water moves toward the area of lower water potential
• This is what happens at the source end of the phloem
• Where does the water come from???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equationΨ = P - s
• What does water do when Ψ decreases???• Water moves toward the area of lower water
potential• This is what happens at the source end of
the phloem• Where does the water come from???• The adjacent xylem – remember structure
and function are related!
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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
• What does this do to P at the source end?
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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???
• It increases
• Why???
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Critical Thinking
• What will happen to water pressure in any plant cell as water moves in???
• It increases
• Why???
• The cell wall limits expansion – it “pushes back”
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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 phloemThis 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???
• Water potential is increased
• This is what happens at the sink end of the phloem
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The Pressure Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Ψ goes up at the sink end of the phloem
• What does water do???
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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???
• Water moves away from the area of higher water potential
• This is what happens at the sink end of the phloem
• Where does the water go???
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Critical Thinking
• Remember the water potential equationΨ = P - s
• What does water do when Ψ increases???• Water moves away from the area of higher
water potential• This is what happens at the sink end of the
phloem• Where does the water go???• The adjacent xylem – remember structure
and function are related!
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The Pressure Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Ψ goes up at the sink end of the phloem
• Water leaves the phloem at the sink end, thus reducing Ψ
• Adjacent xylem provides and accepts the water
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The Pressure Flow Model For
Phloem Transport
• Thus the phloem sap moves – from source to sinkSome 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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Micrograph – sieve cells; same next slide
Critical Thinking
• What about the structure of the sieve cells facilitates the movement of phloem sap???
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Critical Thinking
• What about the structure of the sieve cells facilitates the movement of phloem sap???
• The open sieve plate
• The lack of major organelles
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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