NEETBotanyPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants
Which pigment is the major pigment responsible for trapping light in photosynthesis?
Options
- AChlorophyll b
- BXanthophylls
- CCarotenoids
- DChlorophyll a
Correct answer
D. Chlorophyll a
Step-by-step solution
These graphs, together, show that most of the photosynthesis takes place in the blue and red regions of the spectrum; some photosynthesis does take place at the other wavelengths of the visible spectrum. Let us see how this happens. Though chlorophyll a is the major pigment responsible for trapping light , other thylakoid pigments like chlorophyll b, xanthophylls and carotenoids, which are called accessory pigments, also absorb light and transfer the energy to chlorophyll a. Indeed, they not only enable a wider ran