Translocation

By Group 4
Defenition

• Translocation is the movement of sugar

produced in photosynthesis to all other
parts of the plant for respiration and the
other processes
 • The phloem is responsible for the translocation
of nutrients and sugar like carbohydrates,
produced by the leaves to areas of the plant
that are metabolically active.
• It is made up of living cells. The cells walls of
these cells form small holes at the ends of the
cells known as sieve plates.

Parts of the plant • The sucrose is transported around the plant in

phloem vessels. It needs to be able to reach all cells
involved in the plant so that the sucrose can be converted back
into glucose for respiration.
• The movement of sucrose and other substances
like amino acids around a plant is
called translocation.
Difference between sources and sink

Sources
• Source refers to the site where plants produce
their food using photosynthesis
• They produce food in plants or act as entry
points for nutrient uptake
• Phloem loading takes place at the source
where the rate of photosynthesis is high
• Any transporting organ capable of mobilizing
organic compounds or producing
photosynthate in excess of its own needs e.g.,
mature leaf, storage organ during the
exporting phase development.
Sinks
• Sink refers to the site where the plant stores
the produced food e.g., roots and starch for
stem
• They are non photosynthetic organs
• These are organs that do not produce enough
photo-assimilates to meet their own
requirements. e.g., roots, developing plants,
immature leaves