The corn plant (Zea mays) is a high-capacity, factory for efficiently converting large amounts of radiant energy from the sun into stable chemical energy. This energy is stored as cellulose, oil and starch in the corn plant and in the corn kernel.
The corn plant (Zea mays) isa high-capacity, factory forefficiently converting largeamounts of radiant energyfrom the sun into stablechemical energy. This energyis stored as cellulose,oil and starch in the cornplant and in the corn kernel.