Question

name the red colour bearing plastid​

Answer 1

The plastid which gives red colour to tomato and purple colour to brinjal is Chromoplast.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Chromoplast is the plastid bearing red colour.

• Plastid is the double membraned organelle found inside the cells of plants, algae and other organisms.

• This plastid called chromoplast gives red colour to tomatoes and purple colour to brinjals.

• You can find Chromoplasts in fruits, flowers, roots and aging leaves.

• This is associated with the accumulation of carotenoid pigments and conversation chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening is a classic example.