At which cell layer, water movement through the apoplast pathway is restricted and is facilitated towards symplast pathway?

Question

At which cell layer, water movement through the apoplast pathway is restricted and is facilitated towards symplast pathway? (A) Cortex (B) Pericycle (C) Epidermis (D) Endodermis

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Apoplastic movement of water occurs exclusively through the cell wall and intercellular spaces, without crossing any membrane. It is continuous throughout the plant, except at the band of suberised matrix called casparian strips of the endodermis in the roots.

Q. At which cell layer, water movement through the apoplast pathway is restricted and is facilitated towards symplast pathway?

Cortex

Pericycle

Epidermis

Endodermis

Apoplastic movement of water occurs exclusively through the cell wall and intercellular spaces, without crossing any membrane. It is continuous throughout the plant, except at the band of suberised matrix called casparian strips of the endodermis in the roots.