根压（英语：Root pressure）指的是植物通过消耗能量，通过主动吸收离子，水分随浓度差往上沿木质部运动的生理过程。根压是植物体除蒸散作用外第二个为水分逆重力流动提供动力的过程。

水和溶解其中的离子通过质外体（Apoplast）到达根的内皮层（Endodermis），为内皮层细胞间的卡氏带所阻，不能自由扩散到内面。

内皮细胞上载体蛋白选择性地运载离子。离子于是从质外体途径进入到共质体途径。此过程离子是逆浓度运输，植物需要消耗ATP以完成这一过程。离子运动的结果，造成内皮层离子浓度高于外面。水分自然会随着浓度梯度往中柱流动，进入木质部，被往上引导到植物的其他器官。

Root pressure is osmotic pressure within the cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a plant stem to the leaves.

Root pressure occurs in the xylem of some vascular plants when the soil moisture level is high either at night or when transpiration is low during the day. When transpiration is high, xylem sap is usually under tension, rather than under pressure, due to transpirational pull. At night in some plants, root pressure causes guttation or exudation of drops of xylem sap from the tips or edges of leaves. Root pressure is studied by removing the shoot of a plant near the soil level. Xylem sap will exude from the cut stem for hours or days due to root pressure. If a pressure gauge is attached to the cut stem, the root pressure can be measured.