If one wants to find minerals and in the form they are mobilized in the plant, how will an analysis of the exudate help?
It helps in understanding the ways and structure in which the transportation of minerals happens. The xylem and its analysis depict that the maximum amount of nitrogen is converted into organic forms to facilitate movement and not in the inorganic form. The xylem and phloem also facilitate the exchange of nutrients, and while sodium and potassium are transported in organic compounds, it is not necessarily a compulsion. Therefore it cannot be determined that the xylem causes only the inorganic substances transportation and the phloem of the organic ones.