<em><u>Xylem</u></em> is a part of <em><u>Vascular bundle </u></em>which carry up <em><u>water</u></em> and <em><u>minerals</u></em> from roots of plant to its leaves.
So, the required answer is :
=》A. <em><u>Water and minerals</u></em>
Selective breeding makes use of existing, naturally present gene variants in a species? and the natural process of breeding. Genetic engineering involves a direct change to an organism's genome in the laboratory. Gene variants made through genetic engineering can be passed from one generation to the next.
The answer is phytochemical<span />