They are pipe-like consisting of a group of specialised cells. They transport substances and form a two-way traffic in plants. Which of the following terms qualifies for the features mentioned above?
(a) Xylem tissue
(b) Vascular tissue
(c) Root hairs
(d) Phloem tissue
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(d) Phloem tissue.
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The correct answer is option (d) Phloem Tissue.
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- Phloem tissue are pipe-like consisting of a group of specialised cells. They transport substances and form a two-way traffic in plants.
- Phloem, also called bast, tissues in plants that conduct foods made in the leaves to all other parts of the plant.
- Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells.
- Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to parts of the plant where needed.
- This transport process is called translocation.
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