I know this question has been answered many times on the internet but I don’t get one thing – why is water moving to the plant cell a bad thing? The cell won’t burst since it has a wall so wouldn’t it be positive for plants to get more water? With that being said, why is storing starch instead of glucose beneficial then?
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It’s easy to store glucose as starch since it’s more space efficient.
Also, storing glucose as starch allows you to control how much glucose is floating around. Starch can’t be readily metabolized, but glucose can. Plants need a way to limit glucose consumption in scarcity. Hiding glucose away as starch is a good way to make sure the glucose isn’t being used up too quickly
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