I transport food in plants and am made of dead enucleated sieve tubes and living multinucleated companion cells. I am ____.

phloem

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xylem

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parenchyma

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mesophyll

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The correct option is A
phloem

Phloem is made up of sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma. It transports food bidirectionally to and fro from leaves.

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Which of the following is living but non-nucleated ? a) phloem cell b) sieve tube c) companion cell d) phloem parenchyma

Q. Read the following statements:

(i) The sieve tube elements and companion cells are connected by pit fields present between their common longitudinal walls.
(ii) Phloem parenchyma is made of elongated non-tapering cylindrical cells that have a scanty cytoplasm.
(iii) Phloem fibers are made of parenchymatous cells.
(iv) Companion cells help in maintaining the pressure gradient in the sieve tube.
(v) The phloem parenchyma stores food material and other substances like resins, latex, and mucilage.

How many of the given statements are correct?

Q. Consider the following statements
(a) Xylem transports water and minerals
(b) Gymnosperms lack sieve tubes and companion cells in phloem
(c) First formed primary xylem is called metaxylem
(d) Phloem fibres (bast fibres) are made of collenchyma
Of these statements

Q. During phloem transportation sugar is moved in form of sucrose in to the companion cells and them into the living phloem sieve tube cells by -

Which of the following statements are correct?

(i) Companion cells are present in phloem.
(ii) Xylem transports water and minerals from roots to other parts of the plant.
(iii) Vessels of xylem are present in all plants.
(iv) Both xylem parenchyma and phloem parenchyma have nucleus.

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I transport food in plants and am made of dead enucleated sieve tubes and living multinucleated companion cells. I am ____.

The correct option is A phloem Phloem is made up of sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma. It transports food bidirectionally to and fro from leaves.

The correct option is A
phloem

Phloem is made up of sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma. It transports food bidirectionally to and fro from leaves.