22) Difference between Xylem and Phloem.
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Xylem:- Xylem is a vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals absorbed from the roots to the rest of the plant.
★ xylem is the water conductive tissue
★it goes only upward
1) This tissue contains xylem vessels, tracheids.
2) It helps in the transportation of water from the soil to the roots and to the leaves of the plant.
3) Its movement of water is only in upward direction.
4) the cells of this tissue are dead and works on the principle transpiration.
Phloem:- Phloem is a vascular tissue that transports soluble organic compounds prepared during photosynthesis from the green parts of the plant to the rest of the plant.
★ It is food conductive tissue.
1) It contains phloem vessels and companion cells.
2) It transports food and water to all parts of the plant.
3) Its transportation is in all directions.
4) The cells of the this tissue are alive and and consume some energy.
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