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Give any two ways in which these tissues differ functionally from each other

Function differences.















Xylem



Phloem



It conducts water and minerals from root to different parts of the plant.



It conducts food and nutrients from leaves to other parts of the plant.



Conduction is mostly unidirectional.



Conduction is ofen bidirectional from leaves to root and from roots to stem.




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