Transport system of a plants

Water and minerals from the soil are absorbed by plants roots. These are then transported upward to leaves and other parts by xylem tissues. Food (sugars) from the leaves is transported up and down by phloem tissues tubes. Xylem and phloem usually run side by side, forming vascular bundles. There is an extensive of these throughout the plants body. The midrib and the veins in a leaf of xylem phloem tubes (vascular bundle). These tubes

are continuous with those in the leaf stalk and, in tum, in the branches, main stem, roots and their branches. This network of xylem and phloem forms the plant's transport system.