Acropetal penetrants

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1. A class of fungicide that enters the plant and is translocated (translocation) upward within the plant through the xylem by way of the transpiration stream.

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This illustration shows the upward (acropetal) movement of flowering information. A penetrant would also move upward through the plant.
Source: http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/virtuallaboratory/Section-10.html#acropetal

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