How is food transported in plants?

  • Plants have a special system to move food around called phloem
  • Think of it like the plant’s delivery system. 
  • This process is called “translocation.”

When plants make food through photosynthesis in their leaves, they need to send it to different parts of the plant. 

The phloem helps in this delivery.

Apart from food, the phloem also carries other things like amino acids to different parts of the plant. 

These amino acids are transferred to the roots, fruits, and areas where the plant stores food and grows.

This acid delivery happens through special tubes called sieve tubes, and plant cells help in moving things up and down these tubes.

How do amino acid moves in plants?

To make this delivery system work, the plant uses energy to move substances like sucrose into the phloem tissue. 

This makes the pressure inside the tissue go up, and water moves in. 

This pressure helps push the food in the phloem towards areas with less pressure, like different parts of the plant that need the food.

It is the process of a plant’s transportation system. 

And it is how food is transported in plants. 

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