Understanding how plants work: Part Two: ensuring stomata operate efficiently will go a long way in optimizing plant growth, health and yields

摘要

As mentioned in Part One in this series, the main business of plants we grow for our sustenance is to take carbon dioxide from the air, combine it with water (which happens inside the leaves with green pigment chlorophyll around), and then add light.The end product is a wonderful product: glucose, and the release of oxygen. It appears to be a simple statement of facts, but there are actually many enzymes and other chemical reactions that are involved. The interesting thing is that this glucose is further processed into complex storage products that we call carbohydrates.