NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants have two types of vascular tissues-xylem and phloem. Xylem conducts water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant. Phloem transports the products of photosynthesis from the leaves to all other parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Phloem is a highly specialised vascular tissue that forms an interconnected network of continuous strands throughout a plant’s body. It transports sugars, nutrients, and a range of signalling molecules between leaves, roots, flowers, and fruits. As a result, phloem is central to plant function.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phloem tissue transports soluble products of photosynthesis from leaves to different parts of plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.