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  2. Pressure flow hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Some experiments indicate that bidirectional movement may occur in a single sieve tube, whereas others do not. The bidirectional movement of solutes in the translocation process and the fact that translocation is heavily affected by changes in environmental conditions like temperature and metabolic inhibitors are two defects of the hypothesis.

  3. Transpiration - Wikipedia

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    To maintain the pressure gradient necessary for a plant to remain healthy they must continuously uptake water with their roots. They need to be able to meet the demands of water lost due to transpiration. If a plant is incapable of bringing in enough water to remain in equilibrium with transpiration an event known as cavitation occurs. [15]

  4. Transpiration stream - Wikipedia

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    3- Water moves from the xylem into the mesophyll cells, evaporates from their surfaces and leaves the plant by diffusion through the stomata. In plants, the transpiration stream is the uninterrupted stream of water and solutes which is taken up by the roots and transported via the xylem to the leaves where it evaporates into the air/ apoplast ...

  5. Phloem - Wikipedia

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    Phloem (/ ˈ f l oʊ. əm /, FLOH-əm) is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, [1] to the rest of the plant. This transport process is called translocation. [2]

  6. Translocation - Wikipedia

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    Twin-arginine translocation pathway, a protein export pathway found in plants, bacteria, and archaea; Translocation (botany), transport of nutrients through phloem; Protein translocation, also called protein targeting, a process in protein biosynthesis; Species translocation, movement of a species, by people, from one area to another

  7. Xylem - Wikipedia

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    To photosynthesize, plants must absorb CO 2 from the atmosphere. However, this comes at a price: while stomata are open to allow CO 2 to enter, water can evaporate. [33] Water is lost much faster than CO 2 is absorbed, so plants need to replace it, and have developed systems to transport water from the moist soil to the site of photosynthesis. [33]

  8. Species translocation - Wikipedia

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    Reinforcement is the deliberate introduction and integration of an organism into an area where its species is already established. [1] This mode of translocation is implemented in populations whose numbers have dropped below critical levels, become dangerously inbred, or who need artificial immigration to maintain genetic diversity. [15]

  9. Turgor pressure - Wikipedia

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    Along with size, rigidity of the cell is also caused by turgor pressure; a lower pressure results in a wilted cell or plant structure (i.e. leaf, stalk). One mechanism in plants that regulate turgor pressure is the cell's semipermeable membrane, which allows only some solutes to travel in and out of the cell, maintaining a minimum pressure.