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explain the term root pressure. also tell who coined this term.

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Root pressure is the positive pressure responsible for pushing up water to small heights in the stem. It is generated in xylem of root by active transport of various ions from the soil followed by movement of water. The term ‘root pressure’ was coined by Stephan Hales (1727).

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