Destarching Plant Flashcards
1
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What is a destarched plant
A
A plant that has no starch remaining in it’s leaves
2
Q
How do you destarch a plant
A
Put the plant into the dark for 2 days. It will not be able to make glucose by photosynthesis and any starch in the leaves will be used up in respiration or stored elsewhere in the plants
3
Q
Why destarch a plant
A
So you know that any starch present at the end of the experiment must have been produced during the experiment
4
Q
What is a Variegated Plant
A
A plant whose leaves are not fully green.
Often they have a green part in the centre (with chlorophyll) and cream parts around the margin (no chlorophyll)
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