Despite the bad press, however, these fibrous banana extensions -- officially termed "phloem bundles" -- actually serve a critical role in keeping bananas healthy while they grow. In the world of ...

Usually, the sieve-tubes of the phloem have been regarded as the channels of sugar transport, as micro-chemical observations, such as those of Prof. Mangham, seemed to show considerable quantities ...

The vascular network consisting of phloem and xylem (wood) provides plants with structural support and long-distance transport that specifies further downstream processes in the sink tissues (such as ...

Specialised plant cells include root hair cells, palisade cells, xylem cells and phloem cells. Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a ...

This is then converted into sucrose. The sucrose is transported around the plant in phloem vessels. It needs to be able to reach all cells in the plant so that the sucrose can be converted back ...