What are two roles of parenchyma cells, and how are these cells specialized for these roles?
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Dec 3, 2015
They form the cortex in roots and the spongy mesophyll in leaves. In roots they have a role in transporting water from the outer layer to the vascular bundle via apoplast, symplast and vacular pathways. I leaves it has the role of keping CO2 in the spaces between them before it goes to the palisade mesophyl where most of the photosynthesis takes place. They also do photosynthesis.
