Chromoplasts

Principle
The fruits and blossoms of many plants possess intensively bright colors. The colorful fruit attracts animals, are devoured by them and the seeds are excreted at other places. This is how the plant is dispersed. Colorful blossoms attract insects that harvest nectar from the blossoms. Pollen is concomitantly transported from plant to plant. This ensures fertilization. Yellow and red pigments are mostly located in particular cell organelles, the chromoplasts.

Benefits

• Experiment is part of a complete solution set with a total of 50 experiments for all microscopy applications
• With student worksheet, appropriate for all class levels
• With detailed instructor information, incl. sample microscopy image
• Optimized for tight schedules, i.e. minimum preparation time required
• Microscopy solution set specifically designed to include all required accessories
• Content available with matching multimedia files

Tasks

• Describe shape and arrangement of the chromoplasts in a plant cell!
  

Learning objectives

• Chromoplasts
• Cell organelles
• Blossoms