Roots don't really produce minerals, they're the "storage facility" of a plant, so your answer is "to produce minerals" : D
Here's one I found interesting.
Can we ever beat photosynthesis?
-It’s one of the holy grails of energy; coming up with a material for capturing the energy of the sun which can beat the efficiency of photosynthesis. This is an incredibly challenging problem, to say the least. And it’s one that could have an outsize impact on our very way of life, leading to energy from water splitting and biomass from energy conversion.
Answer:
IT IS BEST FOR A CELL TO HAVE A LARGE SURFACE AREA AND A SMALL VOLUME. THEREFORE, A LARGE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO IS MORE DESIRABLE.
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