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Water moves upward the plant when there exist a concentration gradient.The movement of water fr the root hair to the xylem can occur through one of the two conductive pathways
The apoplast route which consist of inter cellur space allowing water movement
The symplast route consist of channels through cells along which water and solutes are actively being transported
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