DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Xylem conducts only food and phloem conducts only water in plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food moves from leaves to the other parts of the plant through phloem and water moves from roots to the other parts of the plant through xylem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Xylem and phloem are two conducting tissues present in plants. Phloem transports food material from leaves to other parts of the plant body. It can conduct food in both directions. Xylem conducts minerals and water only in the upward direction i.e. from roots towards the stem.

Detailed explanation-4: -The xylem distributes water and dissolved minerals upward through the plant, from the roots to the leaves. The phloem carries food downward from the leaves to the roots.