This produced glucose or sugar is transported to different parts of the plant for the cellular requirements. It is transported to the tuber for storage. The glucose or sugar is again converted to starch for storage in the Tuber. Starch is the storage form of plant polysaccharide.
Does a potato store glucose as starch?
You should also ask yourself "Why does the potato store STARCH and not GLUCOSE?" - this explains why the energy is transported as glucose (actually as the closely related sucrose), yet deposited in potatoes for storage as starch.
Why do potatoes store glucose?
Potato Starch and Glucose Because the body converts the carbohydrates it consumes into glucose, potatoes are easily digested and have a high glycemic index, or the rate at which carbohydrates cause a rise in blood glucose levels after you eat something.
Where do potatoes store their energy?
The potato plant can live for six months without the energy of the sun, because it survives on its stored chemical energy in the form of starch in tubes, or small sacks called tubers.
Where do potatoes store carbohydrates?
The leaves of potato plants make sugars by photosynthesis, and the sugars are carried to underground tubers where they are stored as starch.
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