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JIPMER 2009
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2009
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Transport in Plants

JIPMER 2009 · Botany · Transport in Plants

In which form does the food transported in plants?

In which form does the food transported in plants?

Options

  1. ASucrose
  2. BFructose
  3. CGlucose
  4. DLactose

Correct answer

A. Sucrose

Step-by-step solution

In plants food produced by photosynthesis is transported in the form of sucrose through phloem. It is estimated that 90%90 \% of the total solute carried in the phloem is the carbohydrate sucrose, a disaccharide which is relatively inactive and highly soluble sugar with little direct role in metabolism.
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