Conversion of green coloured tomatoes into red coloured ones involves :

Formation of chromoplast from proplastids

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Formation of chromoplast from chloroplast

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Destruction of chloroplast and development of chromoplast from leucoplast

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Formation of chromoplast from chloroplast
The tomato changed colour from green to red due to the breakdown of chlorophyll (present in plastids called chloroplasts) to form red carotenoids (present in plastids called chromoplasts).

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Column I	Column II
A. Chloroplasts	(i) Colourless plastids
B. Chromoplasts	(ii) Yellow, orange or red coloured plastids
C. Leucoplasts	(iii) Green plastids