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| How does light directly or indirectly regulates plant metablism? |
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| Plants are autotrophs (photoautotrophs), they need light to obtain and store energy (ATP), which they use to substain the rest of their metabolism. Considering the above statement, I would say that light directly regulates plant metabolism, since it is its primary energy source. |
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