Translocation- from source to sink
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- Created on: 22-02-16 18:37
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- Translocation
- From source to sink
- Transportation of organic compounds from source to sink.
- Active transport
- Products of photosynthesis are assimilates.
- Main assimilate is sucrose.
- Sources
- Green leaves and stems
- Storage organs
- Storage in seeds
- Sinks
- Meristems
- Roots growing mineral ions.
- Parts laying down food storage- seeds
- Phloem loading
- Active process
- Sucrose is the main
- Not used in metabolism as readily as glucose and is therefore less likely to be metabolised
- From source to sink
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