Question

Which plant tissue is responsible for the distribution of food prepared in the leaves? Name the four component parts of this tissue.

Answer 1

Which plant tissue is responsible for the distribution of food prepared in the leaves? Name the four component parts of this tissue.

Solution

The following parts are labelled:
1 – Sieve cell
2 – Phloem parenchyma cell
3 – companion cell
4 – sieve plate
Phloem transports food in both directions. Sieve tubes and companion cells present in phloem are involved in translocation of organic substances.