Using the information provided, predict the most likely consequences to starch content in mature rice grains if the rice is grown in an area where
the average temperature during the growing season is 33°C.
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A rice grain is a fruit that encloses a seed. Most of the dry mass of a rice
grain is starch. In rice plants starch is produced by hydrolyzing sucrose and
then linking the released glucose molecules together into starch (Figure 1).
The optimal temperature range for starch synthase activity in a particular
stain of rice is 27-30 °C. The optimal temperature range fo