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Question
The form of sugar transported through phloem is ______.
Options
Glucose
Fructose
Sucrose
Ribose
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Solution
The form of sugar transported through phloem is sucrose.
Explanation:
Sucrose is a disaccharide. It is the most inactive form of sugar so used in transport through the phloem to all parts of the plant body.
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