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The transportation of photosynthetic product is known as ___.

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Translocation is the movement of materials from leaves to other tissues throughout the plant. Plants produce carbohydrates (sugars) in their leaves by photosynthesis, but non-photosynthetic parts of the plant also require carbohydrates and other organic and non-organic materials.Translocation is performed by sieve tube and sieve cells of vascular tissue known as phloem.

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