What organelle in plants produces glucose?

1 Answer
Apr 4, 2016

Chloroplasts.

Explanation:

Glucose is produced from photosynthesis which has the overall chemical equation

#6CO_2 + 6H_2O + "energy" -> C_6H_12O_6 + 6O_2#

The energy comes from the sun and is absorbed by the plants in the thylakoids in a liquid called the chlorophyll, which is what colours the plant green. Thylakoids are stacked into grana (singular granum) inside the membrane of the chloroplast.

Glucose in the plant stores energy and bonds with itself to form starch, which is important in the architecture of plants.

#CO_2# and #H_2O# enters the plant through osmosis and diffusion, from the atmosphere or the hydrosphere under the plant.