Assertion: Red colour of rhodophyta is due to abundant formation of r-phycoerythrin.
Reason: r-Phycoerythrin is able to absorb blue green wavelength of light and reflect red colour.

Options

A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
C. if assertion is true but reason is false.
D. if both assertion and reason are false.

Answer

A

Explanation

The red colour or red algee (Rhodohyta) is due to abundant formation of r-phycoerythrin.Phycoerythin absorb blue green wavelengths of light and reflect red ligth and thus imparts red colours to algee.