Name different types of plastids and list their functions?
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Answer:
Chloroplasts
Chromoplasts
Gerontoplasts
Leucoplasts
Explanation:
Plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cell of plants, algae and few eukaryotic cells.
Chloroplasts
Chromoplasts
Gerontoplasts
Leucoplasts
Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts are biconvex-shaped, semi-porous, double membraned, cell organelle found within the mesophyll of the plant cell. They are the sites for synthesizing food by the process of photosynthesis.
Chromoplasts
Chromoplasts are the name given to an area for all the pigments to be kept and synthesized in the plant. These can be usually found in flowering plants, ageing leaves and fruits.
Gerontoplasts
These are basically chloroplasts that go with the ageing process. Geronoplasts refer to the chloroplasts of the leaves that help to convert into different other organelles when the leaf is no longer using photosynthesis usually in an autumn month.
Leucoplasts
These are the non-pigmented organelles that are colourless. Leucoplasts are usually found in most of the non-photosynthetic parts of the plant like roots.