Comment on How do plants extract nutrients from the ground?parentComments−littlestymaar5yI stand corrected, I had somehow built-up a wrong understanding of it (looks like those high school classes are long lost).But where does all that excess oxygen go then? (the O/C ratio is 2 in C but ~1 in carbohydrates).−jedimastert5yIt gets released into the air through the leaves. It's the animal respiration cycle in reverse−littlestymaar5yNo. It was my first understanding as well, but it's not what happens. See this link from a sibling comment: http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/courses/bis/2A/bis2A-F11/Photosyn...
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I stand corrected, I had somehow built-up a wrong understanding of it (looks like those high school classes are long lost).
But where does all that excess oxygen go then? (the O/C ratio is 2 in C but ~1 in carbohydrates).
It gets released into the air through the leaves. It's the animal respiration cycle in reverse
No. It was my first understanding as well, but it's not what happens. See this link from a sibling comment: http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/courses/bis/2A/bis2A-F11/Photosyn...