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Lateral sieve areas connect the sieve-tube elements to the companion cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Sucrose produced in the Calvin cycle is loaded into the sieve-tube elements of the phloem, and the increased solute concentration causes water to move by osmosis from the xylem into the phloem.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Neighboring companion cells carry out metabolic functions for the sieve-tube elements and provide them with energy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Sucrose is actively loaded into the sieve-tube elements of the phloem.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In angiosperms, sieve-tube elements contain the sugar solution.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015