Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...

We'll also explain which non-plant organisms use photosynthesis to survive and ... This is why grains and "starchy vegetables" like corn, potatoes, and winter squash contain more carbohydrates ...

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:Well, thank you photosynthesis ... He visits a farm and digs up a potato plant. He explains that there are approximately 150 kilocalories in each potato, stored as starch.