Chloroplasts are specialized organelles in plant cells that contain chlorophyll, the pigment necessary to capture light energy for photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis occurs in :
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2017 · Topic: Photosynthesis (Photosynthetic machinery: Chloroplast structure and function)
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