This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

This, along with its short life cycle and large biomass production ... compartments—endoplasmic reticulum (ER), vacuole, chloroplast and apoplast. Providing more context, Dr.