Steps for a starch test on a leaf

1.	Steps for a starch test on a leaf
Answer» Steps to test the presence of starch in leaves :Step 1: A fresh leaf is taken.Step 2: The leaf is boiled in water for few minutes to soften the cells in the leaf.Step 3: Now, dip this leaf in iodine solution.Step 4: The color of the leaf will changes into blue black color when iodine is added to it which shows the presence of starch in it. sry in point 5 leaf is colurless rather than greeen 1 firstly remove chlorophyll from leave by adding a leaf into a beaker containing alcohal2 then heat this beaker3 after heating for 2 min remove the leaf from beaker4 put iodine solution on leaf5 if leave change green colour to blue black then starch is presentif not then starch is not present

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