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Article #4261Plant Sugars (what do leaves make)
From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1989 23:29
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1989 23:29
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I remember reading an old Carolina Biological Supply catalog when I was in high school which listed seeds for albino corn and albino tobacco. These plants are dead white because they have no chlorophyll. To raise one, I believe you had to slice off part of a leaf and attach an agar block rich in sugar (or some similar procedure, I am hazy on the details) I would like to know what kind of sugar or sugars are the best emulation of a leaf. Glucose? Fructose? Sucrose? Or would it make any difference?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!hc!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Plant Sugars (what do leaves make) Message-ID: <17723@cup.portal.com> Date: 28 Apr 89 23:29:02 GMT Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 9