Multiple choice

In what form is the food in onion stored?

  1. Sugar

  2. Cellulose

  3. Starch

  4. Protein
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Explanation

In onions, food is primarily stored in the fleshy bulb scales in the form of sugars, specifically carbohydrates like glucose and fructans. Starch is the primary storage polysaccharide in many other plants like potatoes, but Allium species typically store non-structural carbohydrates as soluble sugars.

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