EP CONNECT ONLINE ACCESS FOR BIOLOGY:
EP CONNECT ONLINE ACCESS FOR BIOLOGY:
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781260542226
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 23, Problem 8WIO
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To determine:

How phloem transport occur either with or against gravity.

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Phloem tissue which is made up of sieve tubes and companion cells, is responsible for the transports of phloem sap or sugars to the whole plant parts. The part which produces or synthesizes sugar is called source and the parts that receives sugars from the source are known as sink.

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