Question

define the leucoplast​

Answer 1

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define the leucoplast

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$\longrightarrow$ Leucoplast is a colorless plastid especially in the cytoplasm of interior plant tissues that is potentially capable of developing into a chloroplast.

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$\longrightarrow$ Leucoplasts are a category of plastid and as such are organelles found in plant cells. They are non-pigmented, in contrast to other plastids such as the chloroplast. Lacking photosynthetic pigments, leucoplasts are not green and are located in non-photosynthetic tissues of plants, such as roots, bulbs and seeds.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1.Leucoplasts-

(a) They are colourless.

(b) They are found in the nucleus of non

green cells.

© They are of different size, forms and

store different food materials.

(d) Grana arte absent in leucoplasts.

(e) The different types of Leucoplasts are-

(i) Amyloplasts- They store Starch. E.g.

Tuber of Potato.

(ii) Elaioplasts- They store Oils and Fats.

E.g. Castor.

(iii)Aleuroplasts- They store Proteins. E.g.

Aleurone cells of Maize.