1) The main functions of xylem is to carry water and mineral salt upward from the root to different parts of shoots. 2)Since walls of tracheids, vessels and sclerenchyma of xylem are lignified, they give mechanical strength to plant body.
This is the vascular tissue xylem.
The Xylem of a plant transports water and some nutrients.
The Xylem of a plant transports water and some nutrients.
Xylem
To study the structure of phloem and xylem tissue, a student could prepare and observe sections of a plant stem or leaf. These tissues are abundant in vascular plants, and cross-sections can clearly reveal the arrangement and characteristics of xylem, which transports water, and phloem, which transports nutrients. Using a microscope, the student can analyze the cellular structure and organization of these tissues, enhancing their understanding of plant physiology.
Xylem and phloem set vascular plants apart from non-vascular ones.
Vascular plants have xylem
Water is transported by the xylem.
This is the vascular tissue xylem.
In Angiosperms , it is xylem vessels ( proto and meta xylem together ) , Xylem sclerenchyma and xylem parenchyma ; together form Xylem tissue ( That is why xylem is called a compound tissue ). In Gymnosperms , xylem vessels are replaced by Xylem tracheids . All other tings are almost the same .
primary xylem is primary in nature & is derived from procambium. But secondary xylem is secondary in nature and derived from fascicular cambium and interfascicular cambium. Primary xylem is differentiated into protoxylem and metaxylem, but secondary xylem has no such differentiation. In primary xylem vessels and tracheids are long and narrow, and vessels don't have tyloses, but in secondary xylem, vessels are blocked by tyloses, and vessels and tracheids are wider and shorter. Xylem fibres are more abundant in secondary xylem , and found in small numbers in primary xylem. Also unlike in primary xylem, secondary xylem has differentiated into sapwood & heartwood.
xylem and phloem
1. Centripetal xylem 2. Centrifugal xylem both types are involved in conduction
Xylem cells are in plants not animals.
Xylem is a one way flow
Xylem is a one way flow
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