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phloem


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transports sugars (products of photosynthesis) from where they are made,
usually the leaves, to roots and sites of growth, such as developing leaves
or fruits

,determines how nutrients become available to plants


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soil acidity




In dicot roots, the stele is a ____ made up almost entirely of ____ phloem and xylem
cells, while in monocot roots the central cells in the stele remain as undifferentiated
______ cells, sometimes called ____.


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cylinder, differentiated

parenchyma, pith




primary growth


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growth in length at apical meristems (root tips & shoot tips aka buds)




describe the function of parenchyma cells


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, -perform most of the metabolic functions of the plant
synthesis:
-for example, photosynthesis occurs within the chloroplasts of parenchyma
cells of the leaf
storage:
-amyloplasts store starch
-make up fleshy tissue of many fruits
-make up seed and grain storage tissues in endosperms




cambium


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like stem cells, not specialized, divide & differentiate into secondary xylem
& phloem




apical meristems


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located at the tips of roots and in the buds of shoots, supply cells for the
plant to grow in length




root system vs shoot system in plants


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, root system below ground, shoot system above ground
(connected by vascular tissues and need one another to survive)




Plants have perpetually ___ tissues called meristems


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embryonic




potassium deficiency results in


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Older leaves turn yellow initially around margins and die; irregular fruit
development.




dermal tissue system


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serves as the outer protective covering of the plant
(in non woody plants, it is called the epidermis)
(in woody plants, it is called the periderm)




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