Multiple choice

Which plastid can control the dismantling of photosynthetic apparatus during senescence?

  1. Chloroplast

  2. Chromoplast

  3. Gerontoplast

  4. Leucoplast

  5. Amyloplast

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C Correct answer
Explanation

A gerontoplast is a plastid found in formerly green tissues that are currently senescing. The function of the gerontoplast in association with other organelles in an aging cell is clearly to affect a controlled dismantling of the photosynthetic apparatus during senescence.