Plant Mineral Absorption and Ion Transport

Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann developed the patch-clamp technique, which allowed for the recording of currents through single ion channels for the first time, earning them a Nobel Prize. Singer and Nicolson proposed the fluid mosaic model of cell membranes.

At high temperature more than 500500 C the enzymes become inactive which effect the rate of absorption of minerals from soil.

Salt respiration refers to the observed increase in the rate of respiration in plant roots when they are placed in a salt solution, as energy is required for active mineral absorption.

The Lecithin carrier theory, which proposes that phospholipids act as carriers for ions across the membrane, was proposed by Bennet-Clark in 1956.

Phosphorylation is a biochemical process that involves the addition of phosphate to an organic compound.

In plant mineral absorption, the apoplast (outer space) consists of non-living components like cell walls and intercellular spaces. The symplast (inner space) consists of the living cytoplasm and the vacuole.

In the principal stage, an underlying fast take-up of particles into the 'free space' or 'space' of cells the apoplast, is detached.

Active transport is a process that is required to move molecules against a concentration gradient.
For plants to take up mineral ions, ions are moved into root hairs, where they are in a higher concentration than in the dilute solutions in the soil. So, the correct answer is "Active Transport".