<Li> Plastids , the most notable being the chloroplast , which contains chlorophyll , a green - colored pigment that absorbs sunlight , and allows the plant to make its own food in the process known as photosynthesis . Other types of plastids are the amyloplasts , specialized for starch storage , elaioplasts specialized for fat storage , and chromoplasts specialized for synthesis and storage of pigments . As in mitochondria , which have a genome encoding 37 genes , plastids have their own genomes of about 100 -- 120 unique genes and , it is presumed , arose as prokaryotic endosymbionts living in the cells of an early eukaryotic ancestor of the land plants and algae . </Li>
<Li> Plastids , the most notable being the chloroplast , which contains chlorophyll , a green - colored pigment that absorbs sunlight , and allows the plant to make its own food in the process known as photosynthesis . Other types of plastids are the amyloplasts , specialized for starch storage , elaioplasts specialized for fat storage , and chromoplasts specialized for synthesis and storage of pigments . As in mitochondria , which have a genome encoding 37 genes , plastids have their own genomes of about 100 -- 120 unique genes and , it is presumed , arose as prokaryotic endosymbionts living in the cells of an early eukaryotic ancestor of the land plants and algae . </Li>
what part of the plant cell stores food or pigments
what part of the plant cell stores food or pigments
Plastids
Plastids