Water and minerals are transported up through the plant stem in xylem vessels. Xylem is a tissue consisting of dead, hollowed-out cells that form a system of pipes.
The capacity of different plants to repair compromised xylem vessels and the mechanisms controlling these repairs are currently being investigated. Choat, B., Cobb, A. R. & Jansen, S. Structure ...
the most commonly used parameter to study xylem water transport), mean vessel diameter (MVD) and mean hydraulic diameter with ...