Question

Name the plastid and pigment likely to be found in the cells of ripe tomato?

Answer 1

Red colour of the tomato due to the LYCOPENE pigment in CHROMOPLAST.

Answer 2

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Chromoplasts contain novel pigments that confer colour on fruits. In tomato, the red coloration of the ripe fruit results primarily from the production of two carotenoid compounds: lycopene and β‐carotene. The biochemical synthetic pathways of both of these pigments and the enzymes involved have been characterized in detail, mainly in tomato