Will the plant die if food-carrying tubes are removed?

Will the plant die if food-carrying tubes are removed?

With the food-carrying tubes removed at part C, no food can be transported to the roots. The roots die due to a lack of food. There are no roots to absorb water.

What happens when water-carrying tubes are removed?

Plants require carbon dioxide and water, in the presence of sunlight, to make food during photosynthesis. This means that the leaves above the cut would not be able to receive water once the water-carrying tubes are removed. As a result, the plant will not be able to carry out photosynthesis to make food.

What do food-carrying tubes transport?

The food-carrying tubes are called phloem. They transport the food made by the leaves of the plant during photosynthesis to all parts of the plant.

What happen when phloem is removed?

Phloem helps the plant by carrying sugar,amino acids and other nutrients from roots to the leaves,stem and other parts of the plant. If the phloem is removed then the transportation of substances won’t take place and plants would not get the needed requirements to carry out its process and at last the plant dies.

What will happen if xylem is removed?

Xylem is a water-conducting tissue in plants. It transports water from the roots to the different parts of the plant. If the xylem of the plant is removed, upward movement of water will stop leading to wilting of leaves and ultimately causes the death of a plant.

Where are food-carrying tubes found?

Where are the carrying tubes found? To help you see the difference, we have coloured the different carrying tubes. The water-carrying tubes are found near the centre (inner part of the stem). Food-carrying tubes are found near the outer part of the stem.

What will happen to the plant if a ring of its bark and phloem are removed?

Complete girdling (the bark removed from a band completely encircling the tree) will certainly kill the tree. The reason for damage due to girdling is that the phloem layer of tissue just below the bark is responsible for carrying food produced in the leaves by photosynthesis to the roots. Then the leaves die.

What will happen if the phloem at the base of a branch is removed?

If the phloem at the base of branch is removed, then lower area of the branch will not receive food from the leaves. But the plant will not die, as it will continue to receive food from other branches as food can move through phloem in both the directions.

What would happen if xylem tissue were removed from the stem of a plant give two reasons?

Xylem is a complex vascular tissue. Xylem composed of tracheid and vessels to transport water and mineral from roots to the other part of the plant. If xylem is removed from plants there will be no transportation of water and minerals from roots to other parts of the plant. Thus, the plant will die.

What will happen to the plant if phloem and xylem are removed?

Does the phloem only carry food?

The phloem carries food downward from the leaves to the roots. They are stacked end to end in the center of the plant, forming a vertical column that conducts water and minerals absorbed by the roots upward through the stem to the leaves.

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