Water and minerals are transported up through the plant stem in xylem vessels. Xylem is a tissue consisting of dead, hollowed-out cells that form a system of pipes.

Variation in stem hydraulic and mechanical traits were certainly related to xylem structure, besides growth form and habitat, ...

The capacity of different plants to repair compromised xylem vessels and the mechanisms controlling these repairs are currently being investigated. Choat, B., Cobb, A. R. & Jansen, S. Structure ...

the most commonly used parameter to study xylem water transport), mean vessel diameter (MVD) and mean hydraulic diameter with ...