Multiple choice

Which among the following types of plastids is found in senescing green tissues of the plants?

  1. Chromoplasts

  2. Gerontoplast

  3. Leucoplasts

  4. Amyloplasts

  5. Elaioplasts

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B Correct answer
Explanation

A gerontoplast is a plastid found in formerly green tissues that are currently senescing. A gerontoplast is a chloroplast that has re-purposed through a process of developmental senescence.