STARCH!!!!!
Leucoplasts store starch, which is a complex carbohydrate composed of glucose units. Starch serves as an energy reserve in plant cells and is a common storage product in roots, tubers, and seeds.
Starch is commonly found in plant-based foods such as potatoes, rice, corn, and grains like wheat and oats. It serves as a storage form of energy in plants and is abundant in tubers, seeds, and roots. Starchy vegetables like peas, beans, and lentils are also good sources of starch.
Plants store sugar in the form of starch, which is a complex carbohydrate made up of glucose molecules chained together. Starch is primarily stored in specialized plant cells such as parenchyma cells or tubers and serves as an energy reserve for the plant to be used during times of low photosynthesis or growth.
Starch grains are the storage form of polysaccharide. You would find them in the chloroplasts. The double membrane bound organelle that is not the site of cellular respiration is chloroplasts.
An excipient is an inactive substance used as a carrier for the active ingredients of a medication. For example, 2mg Valium uses starch as an excipient, so that the tiny amount of Valium can be handled with ease as a tablet. Trying to measure 2mg of pure Valium would be difficult, time consuming and dangerous.
tubers
Carrots are roots, not tubers.
Potatoes are tubers, not seeds.
I have three types of tubers in my garden.
In plant histology, iodine is commonly used as a stain to detect the presence of starch in plant tissues. Iodine reacts with starch molecules, forming a blue-black color complex. This staining technique helps identify storage tissues such as roots, tubers, and seeds, where starch is abundant.
"mashed potatoes" are crushed tubers.
dahlias reproduce by using tubers
To determine if dahlia tubers are good quality, look for firm, plump tubers with no signs of rot or damage. Check for healthy, well-formed eyes or growth points on the tubers. Avoid tubers that are soft, shriveled, or moldy.
A potato produce underground tubers. It is the tubers that are edible.
Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to overwinter and regrow the next year and as a means of asexual reproduction. Two different groups of tubers are: stem tubers, and root tubers
Dahlia tubers can be stored in a heated garage, crawl space or basement. Or you can choose to just buy new tubers each year.
Lily pads don't reproduce. The plants are tubers, and the tubers multiply.