Question

Why do leaves of dead plants not have starch?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

The test will still show positive for starch.

Being pulled of the plant will kill the leaf very soon.

It is a rather pointless statement that the leaf is boiled to kill the leaf, because once the leaf is removed from the plant, the rate at which the leaf could change any starch stored into sugars for respiration is too low to affect the levels of starch. (Unless you are going to pull the leaves from the plants and test several hours later, which rarely happens, any changes in starch levels are negligible).

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

leaves that fall to the ground after maturity would not contain much carbohydrate in the form of starch or sugars.