Exudation of xylem sap on cutting the shoot is due to

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• The pressure at the top of xylem vessels in a plant is ______ due to transpiration.
• Excess of water is excreted from the plant through ____________.
• The process of transpiration occurs in plants through __________ by the process of diffusion.
• Organic substances such as sugars translocated in the phloem, can be demonstrated by __________.
• In plants, transpiration occurs through _____________ by the process of diffusion.
• The sap is carried from the leaves to the stem through _____________.
• As meanders grow into deep loops, they get cut-off due to erosion at the inflection points and are left as
• Leaves, flowers and young shoots maintain their turgidity and stretchability due to