BIO220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Starch, Haber Process
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Tubers are storage organs, they are carbohydrate starch rich storage organs to increase growth in future years. Each square is a different shade of green because since the 1850s we have been applying different fertilizers to see which ones maximize agricultural productivity. Half the worlds population is fd directly or indirectly as a result of the haber process. Nnorman realized that plants grow taller when they are competing with their neighbours for light. If you can grow plants without them knowing that they have neighboours, all of that growth energy can be invested in yield. If our goal is a wheat crop that will allow for reusable soils, then perennial wheat plants. If we want a wheat grass in terms of how much it will feed, one of the other varieties is better. We have to spend a ot to get a lot. We have to ask if this is sustainable over the long term.
