Either way, they are never wanted. We’re talking about those annoying white strings on bananas, or more technically, “phloem bundles.” (Appetizing name, right?) Anyone who’s peeled a ...

Companion cells provide the energy for the sieve cells. The end walls of the sieve cells have pores through which sugar is transported from cell to cell.

Specialised plant cells include root hair cells, palisade cells, xylem cells and phloem cells. Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a ...

The vascular network consisting of phloem and xylem (wood) provides plants with structural support and long-distance transport that specifies further downstream processes in the sink tissues (such as ...

The commenter continued that as time passes, the xylem and phloem (vascular tissues in plants that transport water, nutrients, and food throughout the plant) expand with the width of the tree ...