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Author Question: What is the driving force for the movement of solutes in the phloem of plants? A (Read 691 times)

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What is the driving force for the movement of solutes in the phloem of plants?
A) gravity
B) a difference in water potential (Ψ) between the source and the sink
C) root pressure
D) transpiration of water through the stomata
E) adhesion of water to phloem sieve tubes


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Reply #1 on: Aug 30, 2013
Pick B, i got it right :P


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