Who provided the evidence of glucose being formed during photosynthesis and is then stored as starch ?

Sachs

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Engelmann

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Solution

The correct option is A Sachs
Sachs (1854) provided the evidence that green plant parts produce glucose which is stores in the form of starch starch is first visible product of photosynthesis.

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(b) glucose formed in photosynthesis soon gets converted into starch.

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