NEETBotanyPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants
Who provided evidence for the production of glucose in plants?
Options
- AJoseph Priestley
- BJan Ingenhousz
- CJulius von Sachs
- DAntoine Lavoisier
Correct answer
C. Julius von Sachs
Step-by-step solution
It was not until about 1854 that Julius von Sachs provided evidence for production of glucose when plants grow. Glucose is usually stored as starch. His later studies showed that the green substance in plants (chlorophyll as we know it now) is located in special bodies (later called chloroplasts) within plant cells. He found that the green parts in plants is where glucose is made, and that the glucose is usually stored as starch.