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What do you know about root pressure?


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Root pressure:

  1. Root pressure is a force or the hydrostatic pressure produced in the roots that help in transporting the fluids and other ions from the soil in upwards directions into the plant’s vascular tissue i.e the xylem.
  2. This process is produced by osmotic pressure in the cells of the root.

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