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The growth of any living thing ultimately depends on photosynthesis — the process by which green plants use the sun’s energy to build complex organic chemicals from simple inorganic substances. Even the carnivorous animal indirectly depends on photosynthesis. The carnivore’s prey will either have been a herbivore or itself a carnivore. For all these food chains, the primary source of new energy is the sun and this energy is harnessed by plants through photosynthesis.
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Bleasdale, J.K.A. (1973). The Seedling. In: Plant Physiology in Relation to Horticulture. Science in Horticulture Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01253-4_2
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