Question

state two ways in which the phloem in is functionally different from xylem

Answer 1

xylem helps in transportation of water and minerals from root to different parts of plant phloem transports food from the leaf to different parts of plant all cells are dead in silence except for xylem parenchyma all the cells are living except phloem sclerenchyma and phloem in xylem the movement of water and minerals are always upwards and phloem movement of food is in both the directions