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Q. Accessory pigments:

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Accessory pigments are light-absorbing compounds that traps light energy and channels it to chlorophyll a which initiates the reactions of photosynthesis. Accessory pigment includes the carotenoids, phycobiliproteins, and chlorophylls $b, c,$ and $d$. Indeed, they not on enable a wider range of wavelength of incoming light to be utilized for photosynthesis but also protect chlorophyll a from the photo-oxidation.