A newly developed fluorescent stain only stains the plasmodesmata.It is therefore marketed to plant physiologists as a product that will be useful for tracking movement through part of the _______ transport route.

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Plasmodesmata are channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent plant cells, allowing for communication and transport of molecules between them. This makes them part of the symplastic transport route, which involves movement through the cytoplasm of interconnected cells. The stain mentioned in the question would not be useful for tracking movement through other transport routes, such as the apoplastic (extracellular) or bulk (long-distance) routes. Cohesive and electrical gradient are not transport routes in plants.

A Newly Developed Fluorescent Stain Only Stains the Plasmodesmata