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Phloem
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Translocation
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Phloem loading
- Sucrose is transported actively from sugar source to sieve tube of plants.
- ATP is supplied by companion cells.
- Water pressure in the sieve tube low and osmotic pressure become high.
- Water is transported via osmosis from xylem tissues into the sieve tube.
- Entrance of water increases water potential and hydrostatic pressure in sieve tubes.
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Transport in sieve tube
- Difference in solute concentration between sugar source and sugar sink exist.
- Hydrostatic pressure in sieve tube forces the phloem sap to flow along the tube.
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Phloem unloading
- When phloem sap reaches the sink,sucrose is unloaded into the sink
- Decrease the pressure in the source.
- Water moves out from the sieve tubes into the xylem.
- The complex tissue that acts as transport system for soluble organic compounds within vascular plants.
- Composed of sieve tubes,companion cells,phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma cells.
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Merismatic tissue
- Dividing tissue in plant are known as meristematic tissue
- Can be found at the plant part that shows growth
- Main function are to divide and help plant growth (vertical/horizontal)
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Vascular bundles in monocots and dicot
- products of photosynthesis(phloem) to be transported through the plant.
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Function
- Arrangement of multiple cell types in vascular plant
- allows for the transport of water,minerals(xylem)
- products of photosynthesis(phloem) to be transported through the plant.
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xylem
- Specialized type of vascular tissue to transport water and nutrients from root of a plant to the tips of the leaves.
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Transpiration
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Transpiration pull water up from xylem without column pf water breaking apart
- Water move from high to low water potential.
- Due to transpiration process,water potential in mesophyll cells low.
- Mesophyll cells take water from xylem tissues of the leaves.
- Loss of water in leaves cause a pull of water in the xylem ducts and draws more water upward into leaves.
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The pull of xylem sap is explained by Cohesion-Adhesion Theory.
- Cohesion- Attractive forces between water molecules due to hydrogen bond.
- Adhesion- Attractive forces between water molecules and wall of xylem
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Root pressure
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Pressure in roots that forces water in the xylem to move up the stems
- At night,the rate transpiration is low.
- Root cells continue to pump mineral ions into xylem through active transport.
- Casparian strips of endodermis surrounding xylem vessels prevent minerals from leak back into the soil
- Accumulation minerals lowers water potential within xylem.
- Water flows in from root cortex thus generating root pressure
- Pushes xylem sap upward leak back into soil.