How many pathways are constructed as independently organized conducting tubes in plants?

The correct answer is two.

Key Points

• There two pathways are constructed as independently organized conducting tubes in plants.
•  These pathways are the xylem and phloem, which are responsible for the transport of water, minerals, and nutrients throughout the plant.
• The xylem is responsible for the transport of water and minerals from roots to the leaves, while the phloem is responsible for the transport of nutrients from leaves to other parts of the plant.
•  Understanding the organization and function of xylem and phloem is essential in the study of plant physiology and agriculture.
• Both Xylem and Phloem combinedly worked for the conduction in plants.
• All plants need water, minerals, and food, Flowering plants have a very well-developed system to transport these substances, this system is called the vascular system.
• The vascular system contains two types of tissues, the xylem, and the phloem.
• The xylem distributes water and the phloem distributes food throughout the plant's body, this process is known as Conduction.

Additional Information 

• XYLEM:
  • It is a plant vascular tissue that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and also provides physical support.
  • Xylem tissue consists of a variety of specialized, water-conducting cells known as tracheary elements.
  • xylem is found in all vascular plants, including the seedless club mosses, ferns, and horsetails, as well as all angiosperms and gymnosperms.
• PHLOEM:
  • It is also called bast, tissues in plants that conduct foods made in the leaves to all other parts of the plant.
  • Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells. 
  • Two types of Phloem: i) Primary   ii)  Secondary