Some of the glucose produced by photosynthesis is used by plants for respirationThe chemical change that takes place inside living cells, which uses glucose and oxygen to release the energy that organisms need to live. Carbon dioxide is a by-product of respiration..
Glucose is the starting point for the biosynthesisThe production of more complex molecules, from simpler ones, in living organisms. of materials that plants need to live.
The glucose not used for respiration is used in the following ways: