How plants use glucose
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- Created on: 21-04-15 16:25
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- How plants use glucose
- Respiration
- Plants manufacture glucose in their leaves
- Use some for glucose and rest for other substances
- Make cell walls
- Glucose is converted into cellulose to make strong cell walls
- Make proteins
- Glucose combines with nitrate ions from soil
- Makes amino acids and then into proteins
- Stored in seeds
- Glucose is turned into lipids for storage in seeds
- This is where oils are from
- Stored as starch
- Glucose is stored in roots as starch.
- Ready for when photosynthsis isnt happening
- Respiration
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