In which form does the food transported in plants?

Question

In which form does the food transported in plants? (A) Sucrose (B) Fructose (C) Glucose (D) Lactose

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In plants food produced by photosynthesis is transported in the form of sucrose through phloem. It is estimated that 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.

Q. In which form does the food transported in plants?

Sucrose

Fructose

Glucose

Lactose

In plants food produced by photosynthesis is transported in the form of sucrose through phloem. It is estimated that 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.