Question

dentify the complex permanent tissue which helps in conduction of food in plants . Write any one feature of it apart from the one mentioned above

Answer 1

Answer:

Complex permanent tissue which helps in conduction of food is phloem.  

It is living conducting or vascular tissue.

Phloem consists of four types of elements :

Sieve tube - Made up of elongated, thin walled cells placed end to end. These are devoid of nuclei but are still living.

Companion cells - It has dense cytoplasm and prominent nuclei

Phloem scelearchyma - They give mechanical support to sieve tubes.

Phloem parenchyma - They store food and help in radial conduction of food.

Function of Phloem -

Phloem helps in transportation of organic food synthesized by leaves to all parts of plants.

Phloem parenchyma also helps in storage of food.

Hope it is clear