Question

Grass look green papaya appears yellow which of the cell organelle is responsible for this? and write the structure of thi organelles

Answer 1

i think it is chlorophyll because chlorophyll is a green pigment responsible for the photosynthesis to occur in grass . But papaya does not undergo photosynthesis .

Answer 2

Explanation:

The organelles responsible for the color of grass and papaya is plastids.

The plastids are membrane bound organelles which are responsible of storage and preparation of food. These are present in plants.  

There are three types of plastids:

1. Chloroplasts are the plastids which are present in the grass which are green in color.

2. Chromoplasts are the plastids which are present in the papaya which are in various color.  

Another one in the type of plastids is,

3. Leucoplasts are the colorless pigment which are helpful in food storage and preparation.