Symplast Apoplast and Vacuolar Pathway

Plants absorb water from the soil using root hairs, and transport it through three main pathways: vacuolar, symplast, and apoplast. In the vacuolar pathway, water moves through vacuoles and plasmodesmata but faces high resistance. The symplast pathway uses cytoplasm and plasmodesmata for osmosis-driven transport, while in the apoplast pathway, water moves through cell walls but is blocked at the endodermis by the Casparian Strip, forcing it into the symplast before continuing via the xylem to the stem and leaves.