Potato Under a Microscope - Starch Granules and Plant Tissue Cells

The hidden world of a potato, viewed at 1000 - 1500x magnification through a phase contrast microscope.

Most of what you see are starch granules.
Plants use starch granules to store energy. They are produced by a wide variety of plants and are a mixture of amylose and amylopectin (polysaccharides).
The size and shape of the starch grains are useful for the identification of the different plants.
You also see a plant tissue cell with a visible nucleus! The nucleus contains the DNA instructions for the plant.

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