Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Water reaches the top of a plant due to:

    A)  root pressure  

    B)  capillarity

    C)  transpiration   

    D)  diffusion

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     According to capillary theory of ascent of sap proposed by Wolf (1873), the vessels and tracheids found in the xylem tissue of the stem/form a network of capillaries through which water moves towards upward direction.


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