Destarch

{{Short description|Process when a plant is deprived of starch}}

Destarching occurs in a plant when a part of a plant is "deprived of starch, as by translocation".{{cite book|page=146|title=Collegiate Dictionary of Ronald Press Company|location=New York|year=1971}}{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/glossaryofbotani1928jack/page/108 108]|title=A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent|last=Jackson|first=Benjamin Daydon|edition=fourth|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.|location=London|year=1928|url=https://archive.org/details/glossaryofbotani1928jack}}

It is also the process of eliminating starch reserves in a plant for experiments concerning photosynthesis. This is done by leaving the plant(s) in a dark place for 3 days. Due to the lack of photosynthesis in this place, stored starch is used up, thus the plant is destarched.{{cite web|url=http://www.practicalbiology.org/areas/introductory/energy/photosynthesis/identifying-the-conditions-needed-for-photosynthesis,74,EXP.html|title=Identifying the conditions needed for photosynthesis|work=Practical Biology|publisher=The Nuffield Foundation & Society of Biology|quote=Preparation a Keep enough plants for the investigation in a dark place for 48 hours so that they use up their stored starch. b Test a few leaves from the de-starched plants to show that they contain no starch before the different treatments.}}