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I need the answer asap please... explain the sugar translocation in the plant starting with the leaf cell (source cell) to the root cell (sink cell).
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I need the answer asap please...

explain the sugar translocation in the plant starting with the leaf cell
(source cell) to the root cell (sink cell).

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Answer: I think this is it.. Sugars produced in sources, such as leaves, need to be delivered to growing parts of the plant via the phloem in a process called translocation, or movement of sugar. The photosynthates from the source are usually translocated to the nearest sink through the phloem sieve tube elements.

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