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NEET 2003
Exam
NEET
Year
2003
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

NEET 2003 · Botany · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are...

Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are primarily absorbed by carotenoids of the higher plants?Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are primarily absorbed by carotenoids of the higher plants?

Options

  1. Ablue and green
  2. Bgreen and red
  3. Cred and violet
  4. Dviolet and blue

Correct answer

D. violet and blue

Step-by-step solution

The pigments of the chloroplasts are broadly classified into two types - Chlorophylls and carotenoids. As these pigments are involved in the process of photosynthesis, they are also known as photosynthetic pigments. The action spectrum shows that the maximum photosynthesis occurs in the blucviolet and red parts of the light. (Ref. to Fig.) Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are primarily absorbed by carotenoids of the higher plants?
Related Theory The absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and b show that maximum light is absorbed by chlorophyll pigments in the blue-violet and red wavelengths. The absorption spectra of chlorophyll aa and bb are different. Chlorophyll bb has an absorption spectrum shifted toward the green wavelengths. Therefore, chlorophyll b can absorb photons that chlorophyll a cannot, greatly increasing the proportion of the photons that plants can harvest, during photosynthesis.
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