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This Biology Factsheet summarises:
• The need for transport systems in flowering plants.
• The distribution of xylem and phloem in root, stem and leaf.
• The structure of xylem and phloem in relation to their functions.
• The uptake of water and the transpiration stream.
• The effect of changing environmental factors on transpiration.
• The mass-flow model to explain translocation, including the ‘energy-requiring’ nature of the process.
• The experimental evidence supporting the mass-flow model.

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January 2001

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ISSN: 1351-5136

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082 Transport Plants

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