NEETBotanyPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants
Which pigment can appear yellow to yellow-orange in the chromatogram?
Options
- AChlorophyll a
- BChlorophyll b
- CXanthophylls
- DCarotenoids
Correct answer
D. Carotenoids
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 (yellow