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13.
Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their
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Siva shankari said:
8 years ago
Most of the minerals is got from the soil and the obvious way to absorb them from the soil is by the root hairs. This occurs with help of diffusion where are the soil has more concentration of minerals compared to the root hairs. With the help of transpirational pull the mineral is utilised by other parts.
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Vaishu said:
1 decade ago
In general, root hairs are made up of cellulose and cellulose is hydrophilic in nature. Hydrophilic means a compound which has attraction of water. So root hair absorb water.
Kanhaiya said:
1 decade ago
Yes, and root contain xylem which transport water from root to different part of plant. Root hair help to absorb water from soil.
Sanjay kumar yadav 26/6/20016 said:
9 years ago
Root hair absorbs the water and transfers to xylem. So I can say, that the root hair is the most important part of the plant.
Avinsh said:
1 decade ago
Yes they contain pores and root hairs consists of vascular tissues so root hairs so they conduct water from soil.
Vivek gautam said:
10 years ago
Yes, plants absorb most part of water needed by their root hairs because of their hydrophilic nature.
B.Jayasree said:
1 decade ago
Root hairs have pores and vascular tissues and they are elongated in the soil and absorb soil.
Vasan said:
1 decade ago
Yes root very impartant of plant parts which transport water from the root to various part.
R.Pavani reddy said:
1 decade ago
Root hairs are important to plants they absorb water and nutrients through the root hairs.
Jaanu said:
7 years ago
Yes, roots contain vascular bundles i.e. Xylem and Phloem in this Xylem conducts water.
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