Introductory Crop Physiology

Conditions Essential for Translocation

Two conditions essential for conduction of food materials are

• The food materials must be in water soluble form. For this purpose, even in storage tissues, the reserve food materials which are in the form of insoluble starch will be converted into soluble sugars with-the help of enzymes before they are conducted.
• The supply end (source) must have higher concentration of food materials when compared with the consumption end (sink).