<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Most green plants use starch as their energy store . An exception is the family Asteraceae (asters, daisies and sunflowers), where starch is replaced by the fructan inulin . </P> <P> In photosynthesis, plants use light energy to produce glucose from carbon dioxide . The glucose is used to make cellulose fibers, the structural component of the plant, or is stored in the form of starch granules, in amyloplasts . Toward the end of the growing season, starch accumulates in twigs of trees near the buds . Fruit, seeds, rhizomes, and tubers store starch to prepare for the next growing season . </P> <P> Glucose is soluble in water, hydrophilic, binds with water and then takes up much space and is osmotically active; glucose in the form of starch, on the other hand, is not soluble, therefore osmotically inactive and can be stored much more compactly . </P>

Where is starch found in a plant cell