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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!
Hershey
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∙ 9y agoLeucoplasts are generally colorless. However, when iodine is used to test for the presence of starches, they turn a dark shade of blue.
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What color does iodine turn a onion?
blue
Litmus paper that is blue will turn what color?
Red
Do alkalis make a universal indicator turn green?
The alkali makes a universal indicator turn blue.
What is leucoplast?
I'm actually doing that for my science organelle project. A leucoplast is a colorless organelle found in plant cells usually used to important biosynthetic functions as well as bulk storage. There are 4 different types of leucoplasts: amyloplast, elaioplast, and proteinoplasts. Within amyloplasts, there is a gravity- supplying plastid called a statolith. Next time, go Wiki (Wikipedia). I'm actually doing that for my science organelle project. A leucoplast is a colorless organelle found in plant cells usually used to important biosynthetic functions as well as bulk storage. There are 4 different types of leucoplasts: amyloplast, elaioplast, and proteinoplasts. Within amyloplasts, there is a gravity- supplying plastid called a statolith. Next time, go Wiki (Wikipedia). I'm actually doing that for my science organelle project. A leucoplast is a colorless organelle found in plant cells usually used to important biosynthetic functions as well as bulk storage. There are 4 different types of leucoplasts: amyloplast, elaioplast, and proteinoplasts. Within amyloplasts, there is a gravity- supplying plastid called a statolith. Next time, go Wiki (Wikipedia).
Paper that is blue will turnstay in the presence of a strong base?
Paper that is blue will turn/stay _____ in the presence of a strong base.
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 are the function of plastid?
chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts
What organic compound do leucoplasts store?
Starch
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 plastidome?
The content of a cell in plastids - chloroplasts and/or leucoplasts.
What is a Leucoplasts?
== == They are a colorless plastid used as a storehouse in a cell.
If leucoplasts stain purple in the presence of iodine what do they store?
starches
Can a carrot turn you blue?
No a carrot can not turn you blue.
Potato tuber cells have leucoplasts which help?
they help starch storage
