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what are xylem and phloem  
Asked by vicaz261 | 07 Jul, 2018, 07:43: PM
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Xylem transports water and minerals from roots to aerial parts of the plant.
Phloem transports food from leaves and storage organs to other parts of the plant.

Xylem

Phloem

Transports water and minerals

Transports the prepared food.

It consists of tracheids, vessels, xylem parenchyma and xylem fibres

It consists of sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma.

It consists of mainly dead elements

It consists of living tissue

Transport in xylem does not require energy and largely depends upon physical forces

Transport in phloem requires energy

Answered by Sivanand Patnaik | 07 Jul, 2018, 08:31: PM

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