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sucrose is actively loaded to the phloem sieve tubes, this lowers water potential so water enters to the tubes by osmosis creating a high hydrostatic pressure, therefore sucrose moves in mass flow from sieve tubes near to source to tubes near to sink, then it is diffused to the sink as sucrose,as solute potential in sieve tubes now is less negative, water move out from sink cells to the sieve tubes by osmosis maintaining pressure gradient between source and sink,hence this allows sucrose to unloaded from source to sink, at the sink, an enzyme called invertase hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose , this now can be used for respiration or stored as starch,as a result sucrose concentration decrease in sink. thus maintaining concentration gradient for sugar uptakebut i think most of sucrose is converted to starch in phloem sieve tube cells...that is then unloaded to the sink/storage organs
look sumeru, first of all, the more negative the value, the more solute, therefore water potential is lesser and so onAhh...you are really confusing me........a highly concentrated solution has lowest solute potential, which means that it has more solute molecules and less water molecules.....that's why concentrated solutions are higly negative...
Well, thank you very much for that information, but according to our Cambridge's course book , the lower the solute potential.(solute's potential not concentration)look sumeru, first of all, the more negative the value, the more solute, therefore water potential is lesser and so on
example: solution A has water potential of -250KPa, solution B has water potential of -400KPa
now analyse your data as following:
- -250=less negative,then less solute then more water
- -400=more negative,then more solute, then more water
And according to our book, lower solute potential means high concentration of solutes....so the sign gets more negative and water potential decreases.........so, yes this is now pretty confusing.......look sumeru, first of all, the more negative the value, the more solute, therefore water potential is lesser and so on
example: solution A has water potential of -250KPa, solution B has water potential of -400KPa
now analyse your data as following:
- -250=less negative,then less solute then more water
- -400=more negative,then more solute, then more water
What now I'm confused. Sucrose increases the concentration of the solute, so the solute potential should become more negative and hence lower, shouldn't it?
I think you mean low water potential means high concentration of solute :/Andconcentraing to our book, lower solute potential means high concentration of solutes....so the sign gets more negative and water potential decreases.........so, yes this is now pretty confusing.......
ok i will ask my teacher, she will be more specific than us, and then post it here with detailsAnd according to our book, lower solute potential means high concentration of solutes....so the sign gets more negative and water potential decreases.........so, yes this is now pretty confusing.......
read ths.. hope it helps n clear all of ur confusion.... we knw that sucrose will mve frm a region f higher conc to a region of low conc..that's the reaason y it moves from companion cells to sieve tube cells through plasmodesmata...What now I'm confused. Sucrose increases the concentration of the solute, so the solute potential should become more negative and hence lower, shouldn't it?
this site is awesome.. thanks for sharing ..read ths.. hope it helps n clear all of ur confusion.... we knw that sucrose will mve frm a region f higher conc to a region of low conc..that's the reaason y it moves from companion cells to sieve tube cells through plasmodesmata...
u're welcum...i've already uploaded the whole AS Biology syllabus...this site is awesome.. thanks for sharing ..
read ths.. hope it helps n clear all of ur confusion.... we knw that sucrose will mve frm a region f higher conc to a region of low conc..that's the reaason y it moves from companion cells to sieve tube cells through plasmodesmata...
ok, at which part are you actully confused?Okay this is clear to all of us but the confusion is on the water potentail and how sucrose is affecting :/
if there is more sucrose then solution will be hyperactive n hyperactive means less water molecules n less water potential...Okay this is clear to all of us but the confusion is on the water potentail and how sucrose is affecting :/
if there is more sucrose then solution will be hyperactive n hyperactive means less water molecules n less water potential...
we define solute potential as the tendency of solute to lower the water potential....
ok, at which part are you actully confused?
my pleasureYeah thats true thank you so much
for Q22=> in semi conservative method the bacteria is first grown in a culture medium containing N15.. ther r left there till all of the bacteria contains N15 then it is transfered to N14 but here not all of them r left to grow for longer tym... in ths question some of them r kept for 50min, some for 100min n so on.... when these r taken out n put inside a confugratng machine then it shows that some bacteria contain N15 as they will b at the bottom n some will have N14( at the top)PP1 doubts In
june 10 (v1) ---->Q22,Q28,Q33
Ok for Q.28.....P represents the wave of excitation through atrial walls......Q R S represents the excitation in ventricle walls and T represents the recovery of ventricle walls..PP1 doubts In
june 10 (v1) ---->Q22,Q28,Q33
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