Do plants produce metabolic waste?

Subject: Do plants produce metabolic waste?

Date: Thu Feb 14 20:45:45 2002
Posted by Margaret
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: N. Granby State/Province: CT Country: US
Area of science: Botany
ID: 1013737545.Bt

Message:


I know that plants produce sugars for food through photosynthesis, so they must 
metabolize that food in a similar way to animals. Do they produce metabolic 
wastes - other than CO2, acids, etc.? If so, what do they do to clear it from 
their cells?

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