Revving Plants’ Internal Engine
We are all carbon-based life forms. The atoms in our bodies were once part of the carbon dioxide in the air. This process of “carbon fixation” is how most new organic matter is created. These same carbon atoms are in our bodies and other life forms from a process known as the Calvin cycle. The sugars created in the Calvin cycle are also used by plants for long-term energy storage. For quick energy, we rely on adenosine triphosphate (ATP)., the energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things. When energy is needed by the cell, it is converted from storage molecules into ATP. ATP then serves as a shuttle, delivering energy to places within the cell where energy-consuming activities are taking place. The Calvin cycle takes molecules of carbon straight out of the air and turns them into plant matter. It’s called the second stage of photosynthesis because this is where sugars are synthesized but the reactions are not driven by light. Andaman Ag has a product that augments this process.