alleryStart learning →As per your syllabus, which plastids are COLOURLESS and store food materials like starch (e.g. in potato cells)?
ALeucoplasts
BVacuoles
CChloroplasts
DChromoplasts
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Leucoplasts
As per your syllabus, leucoplasts (from Greek 'leukos' = white) are colourless food-storage plastids — e.g. starch in potato.
The other options misstate.
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