There are two kinds of conducting elements (i.e., transport tubes) found in the xylem: 1) tracheids and 2) vessels (Figure 6). Tracheids are smaller than vessels in both diameter and length ...

the most commonly used parameter to study xylem water transport), mean vessel diameter (MVD) and mean hydraulic diameter with ...

This is of importance as lignin is a compound that gives support to xylem cells (and the whole trees), and on ... genes by various types of electrophoresis, light and electron microscopy (confocal ...