The food which is prepared by the process of photosynthesis in the leaves of a plant has to be transported to other parts like stem, roots, branches, etc. Therefore this food is transported to other parts of the plant through phloem.
A girdled plant (upto phloem) will survive for some time but it will eventually die because

Options

A. water will not move downwards
B. water will not move upwards
C. sugars and other organic materials will not move downwards
D. sugars and other organic materials will not move upwards

Answer

C