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Scientists are discovering how seedlings use seed-stored lipids for energy while growing in the dark but produce sugars through photosynthesis once in the light. Controlling this dark-to-light growth switch will help to produce oil-rich plants.

When seedlings germinate underground in the dark they cannot use photosynthesis to produce the sugars required to fuel their growth. They instead use lipids stored in the seed and break them down into sugars.