NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients (known as photosynthate), particularly sucrose; a sugar, to all parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Xylem transports water, minerals, and nutrients from the soil to all the plant parts. There are two types of “transport” tissues in plants-xylem and phloem. Water and solutes are transported by the xylem from the roots to the leaves, and food is transported from the leaves to the rest of the plant by the phloem.

Detailed explanation-5: -The vascular tissue, phloem helps in the transportation of the synthesized food from the leaves to various storage organs. Phloem is a complex permanent tissue that is present in all vascular plants. Phloem consists of various elements-phloem parenchyma, phloem fibers, companion cells, and sieve tubes.