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What will happen if xylem is placed in pure water

1 it swells up and behave like fountain 2 it shrinks and its wall collapse 3 it bursts like RBC, when placed in water 4 nothing happen at all

  • Varun
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  • 4 will be the answer as it can be taken s ....it transports water in plant and also suberised.. so water cant affect it


  • Nothing will happen at all because Xylem is a dead tissue consisting of hard deposits around its layer Read Transport in plants Ncert . there it has been provided


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  • I know that if a plant cell is kept in distilled or pure water endo osmosis occurs but there is no change in size of the cell due to the rigid cell wall I feel the same will go for xylem


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