For 10 points, name this tissue found in vascular plants that transports food, unlike the water-transporting xylem.
In conifers, this tissue contains cells that secrete phenol derivatives that defend against fungi. Van Bel offers a three-part classification of this tissue. Gymnosperms contain cells in this tissue named for Strasburger. It contains cells with extra ribosomes and mitochondria, many of which collect material through plasmodesmata connections; those cells work along with cells with few vacuoles and no nucleus that form a channel terminated by a sieve plate. Munch's pressure flow hypothesis addresses its transport mechanism. Unlike its counterpart, this tissue is alive. For 10 points, name this tissue found in vascular plants that transports food, unlike the water-transporting xylem.
In conifers, this tissue contains cells that secrete phenol derivatives that defend against fungi.
{phloem}