DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -This glucose molecule gets broken down during cellular respiration with the supply of ATP. In case of no use, it remains stored in the form of tiny structures like starch granules in the plant leaves. Starch granules are semi-crystalline which consist of two polymers of glucose known as amylose and amylopectin.

Detailed explanation-2: -In plants, glucose is stored in the form of starch, which can be broken down back into glucose via cellular respiration in order to supply ATP.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose produced by photosynthesis is easily soluble in water and it can’t be stored in plant. Plants store glucose as starch in leaves which is insoluble and is utilized as a source of energy for life activities growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The biochemical pathway of starch degradation includes enzymes that catalyze the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of the starch granule surface and enzymes that hydrolyze the glucose polymers of which the granule is comprised (Stitt and Zeeman, 2012).

Detailed explanation-5: -Starch digestion involves the breakdown by -amylase to small linear and branched malto-oligosaccharides, which are in turn hydrolyzed to glucose by the mucosal -glucosidases, maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM) and sucrase-isomaltase (SI).