If you look at the apoplast and the symplast, which of the following statements are true?
(a) The apoplast is always smaller than the symplast.
(b) The apoplast is the continuum of cytosol connected by plasmodesmata.
(c) The symplast does not allow exchange of material with the apoplast.
(d) Plasmodosmata connect the cytosol from neighboring cells to form the symplast, but they do not connect to the apoplast.
(e) In the symplastic route, water and solutes move along the continuum of cell walls and extracellular spaces.
Ans: (d) Plasmodosmata connect the cytosol from neighboring cells to form the symplast, but they do not connect to the apoplast.
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