Transport in Plants

GROUP 2
Zarah Ellaine Apareja
Catherine Dosado
Zymer Andrei Guanga
Maxine Mae Ilaca
Ma. Hazel Ann Arcillas
What do plants need for
healthy growth?

• Minerals
• Water
• Sunlight
• Oxygen- respiration
• Carbon dioxide - photosynthesis
How do plants adapted for transport?
Classification of Plants

Xylem and Phloem

Importance of Xylem and Phloem
2 Classification of Plants

Vascular

Nonvascular
 Vascular
● Also called as phylum tracheophytes or “tube plants”.
● Plants that have vascular tissues (xylem and phloem).
The combination of one xylem and one phloem strand
adjacent to each other is known as a vascular bundle.
● sporophyte - the principal generation or phase, which
produces spores and is diploid (having two sets of
chromosomes per cell).
 Vascular
● Vascular tissues allow plants to grow tall in the air without
drying out.
● Have true stem, leaves, and roots.
● Ex. Seed-containing plants,

angiosperms (flowering plants),

gymnosperms,
pteridophytes (lycophytes, horsetails, and ferns).
 Nonvascular
● Also called bryophytes.
● Plants that have no vascular tissues.

● Gametophyte - principal generation phase, which

produces gametes and is haploid - with one set of
chromosomes per cell.)

● they have hair-like rhizoids to anchor them to the

ground and to absorb water and minerals
 Nonvascular
● Small size and lack of specialized structures

● No true stem, leaves, roots.

● Low-growing, reproduce with spores, and need a

moist habitat.

● Ex. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts

 What is Xylem?
● Are vascular tissues in plants that
help transport waters and minerals
from roots to stems and leaves.

● Consists of dead cells that lack end

walls between adjacent cells. The
side walls are thick and reinforced
with lignin, which makes them
stiff and water proof.
 What is Xylem Transport
● Also called as Transpiration. The release
of water vapor through the openings in
the leaves causes a pressure that pulls
the water up.
● This transport occurs in one direction.
 What is Phloem?
● tissue that transports food
(sugar dissolved in water) from
photosynthetic cells to other
parts of the plant for growth or
storage.

● consists of living cells that are

separated by end walls with
tiny perforations, or holes.
 What is Phloem
Transport?
Also called Translocation.
● Process where food produced by plants
during photosynthesis is distributed by
the phloem tissues throughout the
different parts of the plant.
● Movement takes place in both direction.
Importance of Xylem
● Help prevent the plant being pulled out the
ground.

● Resist the stem being squashed and bent.

● Give stem strength and support to the plant

body.
Importance of Phloem
● Phloem is the vascular tissue in charge of
transport and distribution of the organic
nutrients. Ex: Sugars (usually sucrose), amino
acids and other organic molecules

● pathway to signaling molecules and has a

structural function in the plant body
Thank you!