Sperry, J. S. & Tyree, M. T. Mechanism of water-stress induced xylem embolism. Plant Physiology 88, 581-587 (1988). Steudle, E. The cohesion-tension mechanism and the acquisition of water by ...
Inside of a tree, water courses from root to leaf through tiny conduits collectively called xylem, and almost all water not consumed by cellular processes evaporates, or transpires, through pores on ...