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    Source Sink Relationship

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    The document discusses source-sink relationships in plants. It defines sources as parts where carbon dioxide fixation occurs, like leaves, and sinks as sites where assimilates are stored or used, like roots, flowers, and fruits. Assimilates are transported between plant parts via the phloem. Fruit production and quality depend on adequate transport of carbohydrates from source to sink tissues, as up to 60% of daily carbohydrate production can be lost through respiration if not transported to sinks.

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    Source Sink Relationship

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    The document discusses source-sink relationships in plants. It defines sources as parts where carbon dioxide fixation occurs, like leaves, and sinks as sites where assimilates are stored or used, like roots, flowers, and fruits. Assimilates are transported between plant parts via the phloem. Fruit production and quality depend on adequate transport of carbohydrates from source to sink tissues, as up to 60% of daily carbohydrate production can be lost through respiration if not transported to sinks.

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    The document discusses source-sink relationships in plants. It defines sources as parts where carbon dioxide fixation occurs, like leaves, and sinks as sites where assimilates are stored or used, like roots, flowers, and fruits. Assimilates are transported between plant parts via the phloem. Fruit production and quality depend on adequate transport of carbohydrates from source to sink tissues, as up to 60% of daily carbohydrate production can be lost through respiration if not transported to sinks.

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    Source Sink Relationship

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    The document discusses source-sink relationships in plants. It defines sources as parts where carbon dioxide fixation occurs, like leaves, and sinks as sites where assimilates are stored or used, like roots, flowers, and fruits. Assimilates are transported between plant parts via the phloem. Fruit production and quality depend on adequate transport of carbohydrates from source to sink tissues, as up to 60% of daily carbohydrate production can be lost through respiration if not transported to sinks.

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    WHAT IS SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP

    Functionally a plant can be divided into source and sink, sources being the parts where


    net fixation of carbon dioxide occurs, and sinks being the sites where assimilates are
    stored or used.
    Allocation of assimilates between plant parts occurs via transport in the phloem.
    (Phloem is the vascular tissue responsible for the transport of sugars from source
    tissues (ex. photosynthetic leaf cells) to sink tissues (ex. non-photosynthetic root cells
    or developing flowers).  
    Fruit production and quality depend on adequate source-sink relationships.
    Carbohydrates (CH) translocated from leaves or reserve organs are the most
    important for the growth and development of sink organs (mainly fruits). Up to 60% of
    CH produced daily can be lost through respiration.
    Xylem
    The basic function
    of xylem is to transport
    water from roots to stems
    and leaves, but it also
    transports nutrients.
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    Phloem
    Phloem is the vascular tissue
    responsible for the transport of sugars
    from source tissues (ex. photosynthetic
    leaf cells) to sink tissues (ex. non-
    photosynthetic root cells or developing
    flowers).

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