NEET Biology question

Starch is insoluble in water, yet it is accumulated in large quantities in the potato tuber because

(A)It is useful for storageCorrect
(B)Tubers respire slowly
(C)Starch is synthesized in tubers
(D)Translocated sucrose is polymerized here

Answer: (A)

Solution

Starch is insoluble in water, which makes it well suited as a storage form of carbohydrate, since it does not raise the osmotic concentration of storage cells the way a soluble sugar would; this is precisely why it

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