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Permanent Tissue - Complex Permanent Tissues

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  • Introduction
  • Types of Complex Permanent Tissues

Introduction:

Complex permanent tissue is a type of plant tissue made up of different kinds of cells that work together as a team to perform various functions. Unlike simple permanent tissues, which consist of only one type of cell, complex tissues are composed of multiple cell types. These tissues are essential for the transportation of water, minerals, and food throughout the plant, playing a crucial role in the plant's survival and growth. They are also known as vascular tissues because they form the plant's transport system.

The two main types of complex permanent tissues are: Xylem and Phloem

Types of Complex Permanent Tissues:

Name of
Tissue
Xylem Phloem
Characteristics Consists of thick-walled dead cells Consists of cytoplasm containing living cells
Cell Wall Material Lignin (rigid) Cellulose
Permeability Impermeable Permeable
Types of Cells Tracheids, vessels and xylem fibre-dead cells
Xylem parenchyma-living cells
Sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem
parenchyma-living cells
Phloem fibres—dead cells
Transports Water and minerals Food
Function Structures like interconnected tubes conduct water and minerals only in an upward direction. Tubes joined to each other conduct sugar and amino acids from leaves to various parts in upward and downward direction

Example

What are the constituents of phloem?

Phloem is a living tissue in vascular plants which conducts the soluble organic compounds synthesized during photosynthesis downward from the leaves.

Listed below are the constituents of phloem:

  • Companion cells: It appear to check the activity of the adjacent sieve element and participates in loading and unloading of the sugar into the sieve element.
  • Sieve tubes: These elongated living cells, conveys carbohydrates, chiefly sucrose, from leaves to roots and fruits.
  • Phloem fibres: They are commercially useful as they possess great pliability and tensile strength.
  • Phloem parenchyma: Also known as transfer cells, they are found near the finest branches, ends of sieve tubes in leaf veinlets, functional here in conveying food.
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