Plant Physiology - Musiyenko, M. M. 2001

Chemical and molecular composition, structure, and functions of the plant cell
Interconversion of plastids

Plastids are characterized by relatively easy transitions from one type to another. Etioplasts develop into METABOLISM/14.html">Chloroplasts upon exposure to light. Amyloplasts form as intermediate stages in The Development of etioplasts and chloroplasts. Even in such typical amyloplasts as those in potato tubers, a thylakoid system develops when exposed to light (greening of the tubers). The reverse process can be observed, for example, in orange peel Cells and carrot ROOT crops.



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