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Jerrold Quitzon
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∙ 9y agoAndreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper was a German biologist. He is the person who discovered leucoplast in 1883. In addition to being a biologist, he was also a phytogeographer.
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Why do leucoplasts turn blue?
Leucoplasts are generally colourless. Iodine stains starches blue, so this is probably what you're seeing. Leucoplasts are a type of plastid, meaning they store and produce things in cells. Leucoplasts specifically tend to store starches which is why iodine turns them blue. Hope this helps!
Where is the starch molecule stored?
leucoplasts
What is the function of a leucoplasts?
Leucoplasts are used as storehouses within the cell. Their major function is storage.
What organic compound do leucoplasts store?
Starch
What are the function of plastid?
chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts
What substances do leucoplasts contain?
Plastids that are colorless and found in storage parenchyma and other colorless tissues are referred to as leucoplasts. Most of them function as storage organelles.
What function do the leukoplast have in the potato plant?
the leucoplasts are plastids without color that are storing different substances (such as starch in the potato). you can find leucoplasts in parts of a plant that are subterranean (roots). when potatoes are exposed to the sun the leucoplasts will transform into chloroplasts (so they will become green). i am sorry for my english...
What are three function of plastids?
chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts
What is a Leucoplasts?
== == They are a colorless plastid used as a storehouse in a cell.
What is plastidome?
The content of a cell in plastids - chloroplasts and/or leucoplasts.
If leucoplasts stain purple in the presence of iodine what do they store?
starches
Potato tuber cells have leucoplasts which help?
they help starch storage
