Food Delivery

Translocation is the movement of food from the leaves through the rest of the plant. Because plants produce sugars through photosynthesis, however translocation is required to transport nutrients to non-photosynthesis. The diagram below shows the translocation path in plants:

The phloem is the structure which transports the food and nutrients throughout the plant. They are long strands together in bundles which connect the roots all the way up to the veins of the leaves.