Water and minerals are transported though xylem. Food is transported through phloem.Xylems are vascular tissues that are hard-walled; Phloem is a vascular tissue that is soft-walled.
Phloems distributes the products of photosynthesis around the plant (sugars) - maily in a downward direction, while xylem is responsible for transportinf water from the roots to the upper portions of...