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Transportation of food in plants is also called translocation.


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Solution

The correct option is A True

Translocation:

  1. Leaves are the main sites where food is prepared by the process of photosynthesis.
  2. The food materials, sugar(glucose), and other carbohydrates are carried from the leaves to other parts of the plants such as stems, roots, etc by a process known as translocation.
  3. The vascular tissue phloem helps in the process of translocation by conducting the food materials.

Final answer:
Hence, the given statement is true.


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