BOTANY

Detailed explanation-1: -Phloem, the vascular tissue responsible for transporting organic nutrients around the plant body, carries dissolved sugars from the leaves (their site of production) or storage sites to other parts of the plant that require nutrients.

Detailed explanation-2: -At their “source”-the leaves-sugars are pumped by active transport into the companion cells and sieve elements of the phloem. As sugars (and other products of photosynthesis) accumulate in the phloem, water enters by osmosis.In the figure, sugar molecules are represented in black, water molecules in red.)

Detailed explanation-3: -Sugars produced in sources, such as leaves, need to be delivered to growing parts of the plant via the phloem in a process called translocation, or movement of sugar. The points of sugar delivery, such as roots, young shoots, and developing seeds, are called sinks.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants have two transport systems-xylem and phloem . Xylem transports water and minerals. Phloem transports sugars and amino acids dissolved in water.