Question

Tissue that transports food in plants ______.

Answer 1

Transportation:

1. Transportation is a vital process in all living organisms
2. It is involved in the movement of water, minerals and other necessary nutrients to all parts of the plant.
3. Translocation is defined as the process of transport of food from the leaves to other parts of the plant.

Phloem is mandatory for translocation

1. In plants, the synthesized food molecules by the leaves are transported to the different storage organs- roots, stem, fruits with the help of vascular tissue called phloem.
2. The phloem is the complex living tissue present in all vascular plants and are mainly composed of different specialized cells called such as-companion cells, phloem fibres, phloem parenchyma cells and sieve tubes.

Functions

1. Phloem transports food in both directions, upwards and downwards.
2. ATP is required in the form of energy for transportation.

Final answer :Tissue that transports food in plants phloem .