For Conducting Girdling Experiment Which Part Is Removed?

Ringing/Girdling experiments demonstrate that the phloem is responsible for translocation of food because the phloem is present outside the xylem. So, when a ring of bark is removed from a woody plant, the woody xylem part remains intact, which causes the water and the nutrients to reach the leaves.

How do you do a Girdling experiment?

The experiment involves the removal of all the tissue outside to vascular cambium (bark, cortex, and phloem) in woody stems except xylem. Xylem is the only remaining tissue in the girdled area which connects upper and lower part of the plant. This setup is placed in a beaker of water.

When a plant is girdled which part dies first?

> Option B: In a ring girdled plant, the root dies first.