Young tomato green colour and ripened tomato red colour why?
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As the tomato ripens, its colourstarts to change from green to yellow and then eventually to red. This is due to the breakdown of chlorophyll, which in turn synthesises a red carotenoid (another pigment group), lycopene.
As the tomato ripens, its colourstarts to change from green to yellow and then eventually to red. This is due to the breakdown of chlorophyll, which in turn synthesises a red carotenoid (another pigment group), lycopene.
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