What are plastids ? Give different kind of plastids and their functions.
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Plastids are double-membrane organelle which are found in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are responsible for manufacturing and storing of food. These often contain pigments that are used in photosynthesis and different types of pigments that can change the colour of the cell.
Chromoplasts
Gerontoplasts
Leucoplasts
Plastids are double-membrane organelle which are found in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are responsible for manufacturing and storing of food.
There are four main types of plastids:
Chloroplasts. ; Chloroplasts are plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy via the photosynthetic process
Chromoplasts.. : function in the synthesis and storage of carotenoid pigments in flowers and fruits, and in certain leaves and roots
Gerontoplasts. : A gerontoplast is a plastid that develops from a chloroplast during the senescing of plant foliage.
and Leucoplasts. : Leucoplasts are a group of plastids that include many differentiated colorless organelles with very different functions