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An investigation of the role of solutes in the xylem sap and in the xylem parenchyma as the source of root pressure

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Protoplasma, (2000)

Abstract

plants adjusted their xylem solute content to maintain water potential. This adjustment took about 3-5 days. It was the vacuoles that changed the most, not the xylem sap. The turgor pressure of the living cells might be the source of root pressure.

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