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What stores food in a plant cell?


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Nutrition in plants:

  1. The autotrophic method of nutrition is the primary mode of nutrition in plants.
  2. The process by which an organism makes its own nourishment from basic inorganic components is known as autotrophic nutrition.
  3. Leaves are the parts of a plant that provide nourishment to the plant.
  4. Leaves contain chlorophyll, a green pigment that converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food. This is known as photosynthesis.

Food stored in plant cells:

  1. Plants can store food, which might be valuable in an emergency.
  2. Plants store additional food in the form of fruits, stems, roots, and leaves.
  3. Plant cells keep food in plastids known as leucoplasts.
  4. Leucoplasts store the reserved food as starch grains, oil droplets, or proteins.
  5. They are classified as amyloplasts, elaioplasts, and aleuroplasts, depending on whether they store starch, lipids, or protein.

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