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Sap Water Pressure Description Active Translocation Sucrose Phloem

Front description of active translocation of sucrose in phloem
Back sap solution made hypertonic by solute accumulation, water drawn from xylem, due to incompressibility of water the hydrostatic pressure increases, sap forced to low pressure area (sink) by mass flow

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