Which effect reduces water transport when a vascular plant's xylem air bubble reaches a pit membrane?

💡 Explanation

Cavitation spreads due to air seeding through the thin pit membrane where the mechanism is loss of cohesion-tension. This allows air to enter neighboring xylem vessels because the differential pressure forces air across, therefore, embolism increases, rather than being localized.

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