Tarun takes a destarched potted plant and inserts a leaf into the conical flask containing potassium hydroxide through a split cork. He left the set up in sunlight for few hours and performed the test to confirm the presence of starch. Tarun observes that there is no change in the colour of leaf. What do you infer from the experiment?
a.The iodine does not react with the starch present in the leaf that indicates the occurrence of photosynthesis
b. Carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis.
c.Carbon dioxide reacts with the water present in the leaf that indicates the occurrence of photosynthesis.
d. The iodine reacts with carbon dioxide present in the leaf that indicates the occurrence of photosynthesis.
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a. the iodine does not react with the starch present in the leaf that indicates the occurrence of photosynthesis
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