Science Source Stock Photo - SEM of slice of raw potato showing starch grains

SEM of slice of raw potato showing starch grains

Description: False color scanning electron micrograph of a slice through araw potato, Solanum tuberosum, showing starch grains, or amyloplasts, within their cellular compartments. Due to the angle of sectioning some cells show no starch grains. Starch is synthesized from sucrose, a sugar formed in the leaves during photosynthesis & transported to the tuber (potato) via the phloem (vascular tissue). It is used as a store of energy for the later development of buds on the surface of the potato. Starch grains are large (the biggest here being 50 microns across), larger than most plant cells. Magnification: x129 at 35mm size. Original is bw print b100/014

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Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS293330

Legacy Identifier: SB5193

Type: Image

Size: 2480px × 3781px (~26 MB)

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