Plant tissue that transports food is?

• A. Phloem
• B. Xylem
• C. Cambium
• D. Cortex

Answer: (A)

Food transport in plants is carried by phloem. Phloem moves the products of photosynthesis, mainly sugars like sucrose, from the sites where they are produced (the leaves) to other parts of the plant that need them or store them (roots, developing shoots, and storage tissues). It contains living cells, notably sieve tube elements that form continuous transport tubes and companion cells that assist loading, unloading, and regulation of movement. In contrast, xylem moves water and minerals from the roots upward, cambium is the tissue responsible for producing new xylem and phloem for growth, and cortex is general ground tissue outside the vascular bundle. So phloem is the tissue that transports food.