NEETBotanyPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants
What is the color of chlorophyll a in the chromatogram?
Options
- AYellow-green
- BBright or blue green
- CYellow
- DYellow to yellow-orange
Correct answer
B. Bright or blue green
Step-by-step solution
Looking at plants have you ever wondered why and how there are so many shades of green in their leaves – even in the same plant? We can look for an answer to this question by trying to separate the leaf pigments of any green plant through paper chromatography. A chromatographic separation of the leaf pigments shows that the colour that we see in leaves is not due to a single pigment but due to four pigments: Chlorophyll a (bright or blue green in the chromatogram) , chlorophyll b (yellow green), xanthophylls (yello