The xylem tubes transporting water up the stems can become plugged with plant sap, fungal spores and bacteria, even in what appears to be clean water.
(The xylem tubes; transporting; water; up the stems) (The xylem tubes transporting water up the stems; can become; plugged with plant sap, fungal spores and bacteria, even in what appears to be clean water) (The xylem tubes transporting water up the stems; plugged; with plant sap, fungal spores and bacteria, even in what appears to be clean water)
The xylem tubes The xylem tubes transporting water up the stems The xylem tubes transporting water up the stems
transporting can become plugged
water up the stems
plugged with plant sap, fungal spores and bacteria, even in what appears to be clean water
with plant sap, fungal spores and bacteria, even in what appears to be clean water