Stem carbohydrate richness in two cycad species

Terrestrial plants have developed strategies to cope with suboptimal conditions. Storage of nonstructural resources is one of those strategies. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) of plants are primarily sugars and starch, and have been studied extensively to more fully understand how plants sustain productivity and recover from stress. Most plants use starch for storage and sucrose for transport of NSCs, but some species also rely on oligosaccharides for these functions