Translocation Tissues - Phloem
Biology: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 8.4.1
Phloem
The phloem is specialised to transport food products to parts of the plant where they are needed. Phloem vessels are made up of columns of living cells.
Small holes
- The end walls of phloem cells contain small holes to allow food products to move up and down the phloem vessels throughout the plant.
Test yourself on Translocation Tissues - Phloem
Plant cells have specialised systems that transport water and minerals, or sugars. What vessels are used to move sugars from where they're produced to where they're used up?
Which of the following is true of the phloem vessels in plants?