Plant Nutrition and Transport

• Amino acid and sucrose can be translocated
• Starch cannot be translocated

For substances to be translocated, they need to be in solution

• Transpiration is the loss of water vapour from the leaves, not just loss of water from plants

• Turgor pressure:

Water in plant cells push against the cellulose cell walls and created turgor pressure. Surrounding cells push against each other creating support for the plant

• Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplast

• Chlorophyll is the green pigment

• Xylem - lacking in protoplasm

• Phloem - degenerative cytoplasm, sieve tubes