Boojho wanted to test the presence of starch in leaves. He performed the following steps.

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asked Jan 30, 2018 in Science by Rohit Singh (61,782 points) 35 133 354

Boojho wanted to test the presence of starch in leaves. He performed the following steps.
(1) He took a leaf and boiled it in water,
(2) He placed the leaf in a petri dish and poured some iodine over it.
He did not get the expected result. Which step did he miss? Explain.

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answered Jan 30, 2018 by sameer (82,980 points) 5 11 37
He did not boil the leaf in spirit to remove the chlorophyll.

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