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Aphids, like many insects, feed on the phloem juice of plants, which is rich in sugar. Roses, especially in the spring and summer, provide this readily available source of nourishment.

Phloem as a long-distance transport system and a habitat for prokaryotic pathogens and piercing-sucking insects. (A) A schematic source-to-sink translocation of metabolite and signaling molecules ...

The phloem transports sugars from leaves to roots. The xylem is a transport tissue and both stores starch and conducts water and substances dissolved in water to leaves. 2. of 5.

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