What is translocation? How does it take place in plants?
Translocation is the movement of materials from leaves to other tissues throughout the plant by the phloem. During translocation, sucrose is transferred into sieve tubes of phloem via the companion cells using energy from ATP. This increases the osmotic pressure inside the sieve tubes which causes movement of water into the sieve tubes from the adjacent xylem. This pressure helps in translocation of material in the phloem to tissues which have less pressure.
