Question

what is the difference between xylem and
phloem?​

Answer 1

Xylem :

1. It conducts water and maintains from roots to all parts of the plant .
2. The elements which help in conducts are tracheids and vessels. Both are non living and highly thick walled.
3. The material in xylem can move in one direction.
4. Except for xylem parenchyma all other cells are non living.

Phloem :

1. It conducts organic food synthesised in the leaf and hormones synthesised at the shoot and root tips to other parts of the plant.
2. Sieve tube cells are responsible for the movement of material through Phloem. They are living cells.
3. The material in Phloem can move in both the directions.
4. Except for Phloem fibres , all other cells are living.

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Answer 2

Actually this is from my textbook

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