Can plants absorb starch?

MadSci Network: Agricultural Sciences

Subject: Can plants absorb starch?

Date: Tue Jul 6 09:13:31 2004
Posted by Tom Dixon
Grade level: nonaligned School: Colelge (New College Nottingham, England)
City: Mansfield State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Agricultural Sciences
ID: 1089123211.Ag

Message:


There is a debate going on about wether or not plants can absorb starch?

What we mean by this is the process of boiling rice and using the water 
(cooled) as plant food.

If this is possible could you please explain how and if its not then could you 
explain why it isnt.

Thank you

Tom

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