Question 13 Marks
A portion of destarched leaf of a potted plant was covered with a black strip of paper. The plant was exposed to sunlight for six hours and then tested for starch. What will be the observation?
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View full question & answer→The leaf turns blue-black except in the covered region. As this covered region did not receive light, photosynthesis did not occur. Hence no starch was formed there. The uncovered region received light and starch was formed there due to photosynthesis.