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    Plastids are double-membrane organelles found in plant and algae cells. They are responsible for manufacturing and storing food. There are different types of plastids that have specialized functions, including chloroplasts which perform photosynthesis, chromoplasts which contain pigments that determine fruit and flower colors, gerontoplasts in aging leaves, and leucoplasts which are non-pigmented and store starches, lipids, and proteins in roots and other non-photosynthetic tissues. Plastids are generally inherited uniparentally, either from the female gamete in angiosperms or the male pollen in some gymnosperms.

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    Plastids are double-membrane organelles found in plant and algae cells. They are responsible for manufacturing and storing food. There are different types of plastids that have specialized functions, including chloroplasts which perform photosynthesis, chromoplasts which contain pigments that determine fruit and flower colors, gerontoplasts in aging leaves, and leucoplasts which are non-pigmented and store starches, lipids, and proteins in roots and other non-photosynthetic tissues. Plastids are generally inherited uniparentally, either from the female gamete in angiosperms or the male pollen in some gymnosperms.

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    Plastids are double-membrane organelles found in plant and algae cells. They are responsible for manufacturing and storing food. There are different types of plastids that have specialized functions, including chloroplasts which perform photosynthesis, chromoplasts which contain pigments that determine fruit and flower colors, gerontoplasts in aging leaves, and leucoplasts which are non-pigmented and store starches, lipids, and proteins in roots and other non-photosynthetic tissues. Plastids are generally inherited uniparentally, either from the female gamete in angiosperms or the male pollen in some gymnosperms.

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    What are Plastids?

    Plastids are double-membrane organelles 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.
    Explore More: Photosynthesis

    Diagram

    TYPE OF PLASTIDS
    There are different types of plastids with their specialized functions. Among them, a few are mainly
    classified based on the presence or absence of the Biological pigments and their stages of development.

    Chloroplasts

    Chromoplasts

    Gerontoplasts

    Leucoplasts

    Chloroplasts
    (1).Chloroplasts are biconvex shaped, semi-porous, double membraned, cell organelle found within the
    mesophyll of the plant cell.

    (2).They are the sites for synthesizing food by the process of photosynthesis.
    Chromoplasts
    (1).Chromoplasts is the name given to an area for all the pigments to be kept and synthesized in the
    plant.

    (2).These can be usually found in flowering plants, ageing leaves and fruits.

    (3).Chloroplasts convert into chromoplasts. Chromoplasts have carotenoid pigments that allow different
    colours that you see in leaves and fruits. The main reason for its different colour is for attracting
    pollinators.

    Gerontoplasts
    (1).These are basically chloroplasts that go with the ageing process.

    (2).Geronoplasts refer to the chloroplasts of the leaves that help to convert into different other
    organelles when the leaf is no longer using photosynthesis usually in an autumn month.

    Leucoplasts
    (1).These are the non-pigmented organelles which are colourless.

    (2). Leucoplasts are usually found in most of the non-photosynthetic parts of the plant like roots.

    (3).They act as a storage sheds for starches, lipids, and proteins depending on the need of the plants.

    (4).They are mostly used for converting amino acids and fatty acids.

    Leucoplasts are of three types:


    Amyloplasts – Amyloplasts are greatest among all three and they store and synthesize starch.
    Proteinoplasts – Proteinoplasts help in storing the proteins that a plant needs and can be
    typically found in seeds.

    Elaioplasts -Elaioplast helps in storing fats and oils that are needed by the plant.

    Inheritance of Plastids
    There are many plants which are inherited from the plastids from just a single parent. Angiosperms
    inherit plastids from the female gamete while there are many gymnosperms that inherit plastids from
    the male pollen. Algae inherit plastids from one parent only. The inheritance of the plastids-DNA seems
    to be 100% uniparental. In hybridisation, the inheritance of plastid seems to be more erratic.

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