OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

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GENERAL FORESTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which plant structure carries food/glucose from the leaves down to the rest of the plant?
A
Phloem
B
Xylem
C
Leaves
D
Biota
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The process of movement of food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant is called translocation. Translocation of food takes place through the phloem which carries the food produced through photosynthesis in the leaves to the other plant parts.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -Stems possess specialized tissues called vascular bundles that conduct food and water to all parts of the plant. Xylem and phloem are conducting tissues that together form the vascular bundles. Phloem carries food from the leaf to the different parts of the plant.

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