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While many fungi are white, non parasitic plants must have green chlorophyll to produce carbohydrates. And while albino plants are virtually nonexistent, variegated (green and white striped or mottled) plants exist, largely due to cultivation by humans for their aesthetic value.

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What is the difference between an albino plant and regular plant?

an albino plant doesnt contain chlorophyll and a regular plant does an albino plant doesnt contain chlorophyll and a regular plant does


Can an albino corn leaf produce any food?

No, because to produce food a plant has to take in light and convert it to glucose (sugar) to be used as energy. The reason the plant is albino is because the plant isn't able to absorb any light. Likewise most plants are green because they cant absorb green light, in this situation the plant cant absorb any light leaving it colorless.


Would you expect any sexually mature plant to be an albino?

No, as chlorophyll reflects green light and is an essential pigment for plants.


Are the parents of a albino plant homozygous or heterozygous?

The parents of an albino plant are likely to be heterozygous for the gene controlling albinism. This means they carry one normal allele and one albino allele. When these two alleles combine in the offspring, it results in the expression of the albino trait.


Why can't you grow an albino plant?

Plant need chlorophyll, a pigment that reflects green light. So, you can not have a pigment free plant because that plant would not be able to produce food and structural material for itself.


Why is it not possible to demonstrate respiration in green plant kept in sunlight?

A plant respires in the dark.


Mendel crossed a true green podded plant with a true yellow podded plant. All the offspring from this cross had green pods. Green is the?

Green is the dominant trait in this cross. Mendel's results demonstrate that when a dominant allele (for green pods) is present, it masks the effect of the recessive allele (for yellow pods), resulting in all offspring exhibiting the dominant phenotype. Thus, the true yellow podded plant contributes a recessive allele that does not express in the presence of the dominant green allele.


How can a white plant and a red plant make a pink plant?

Depending on the genetics involved this may or may not be possible. If it is not possible then all you will ever get is white or red, never pink. If it is possible a cross will produce some percentage of pink in the next generation.


What small green plant covers stones and rhymes with cross?

moss! xD


What happens to albino corn with no chlorophyll?

Albino corn with no chlorophyll will not be able to photosynthesize, resulting in a lack of energy production for the plant. This can lead to stunted growth, poor development, and eventually death if the plant doesn't receive proper care and nutrients. The albino corn may also have a higher susceptibility to environmental stressors due to its lack of chlorophyll.


What is voiceless?

The legendary "roofcanini" is the only known voiceless plant, or subspecies of the albino black sheep.


Is photosynthesis only possible in the leaves?

Any psrt of the plant that is green. Some plants have chlorophyll in the stems as well.