DENDROLOGY

TREE PHYSIOLOGY

RESPIRATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the phloem?
A
The tissue through which food from the leaves moves through the rest of the plant
B
The tissue through which water and minerals move up in a plant.
C
the smallest unit of living matter
D
part of a plant where photosynthesis occurs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Phloem is the vascular tissue which transports food from leaves to the other parts of the plant. Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem fibers and phloem parenchyma cells. Whereas xylem transport water and minerals from roots to different parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phloem tissue, which transports organic compounds from the site of photosynthesis to other parts of the plant, consists of sieve cells and companion cells.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The one word to denote transportation of food via Phloem is “Translocation”. Sucrose and amino acids are transported by Phloem up and down through the plant. The process of translocation involves transportation of food into sieve tubes from where food can travel upward or downward to all the parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Phloem is one of the two types of vascular tissue in plants. It transports food formed in the leaves to the other parts of the plants.

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