COMMODORE’S LEARNING FOUNDATION

Instructor: Sadia
Transport in plants
Transport systems

There are two transport

systems in a plant.
One that transports
water and minerals from
root to all other parts.
These vessels are called
Xylem vessels.
Another vessels
transport sugars
(sucrose) and amino
acids made in leaves to
all other plant parts.
These are called phloem
vessels.
Xylem vessels

Are long , hollow,

continuous tubes that
carry water and dissolved
minerals from the root
up to all parts of the
plant.
Contain a tough
substance called lignin
that lines the walls to
provide support.
 Phloem vessels

Phloem tubes are living

cells with end tubes with
pores (sieve plate).
The phloem cells have
companion cells near
them.
Phloem cells transport
sucrose and amino acids
from where they are
made to where they are
used or stored.
Dicot stem Dicot root
Why is the phloem located on the outside?

• It is important that the vascular tissue develops in

the right location, and in neat columns so that the
xylem and phloem cells line up and act like pipes
to move water and nutrients.
Stem structure
Root structure
How water moves into the plant.
Transpiration

It is the loss
of water
vapour out of
leaves (and
stems)
through
stomata by
diffusion.
 Put your thinking caps on!

Predict what would happen to the rate of water

uptake if the temperature increases.
When the wind speed increases?
When light intensity increases?
When humidity increases?
 Transpiration is affected by

Weather condition Rate of transpiration Why?

Moist air around the leaf

Windy Speeds up transpiration
is blown away

Air around the leaf is

Humid Slows down transpiration
already full of moisture

Warm Speeds up transpiration Evaporation occurs faster

Light Speeds up transpiration The stomata opens

 Translocation

Is moving food (sucrose and amino acids) from the

sources (leaf, root) to sinks (developing
flowers/fruits, storage organs) through the phloem
vessels.