Does the concentration of Chlorophyll varies in the damage plant tissues

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Chlorophyll Concentration in Leaves
Chlorophyll is a term used to refer to the green pigment found especially in plants and algae. The pigment is the main agent for photosynthesis because of its ability to attract the sun’s energy which is afterward used in the combination of water and carbon dioxide. Chlorophyll conducts the process of attracting light in stages. First, it captures the red wavelength, and the red one and then the green wavelength is reflected to summarize the whole process. The arrangement of chlorophyll molecules occurs around photosystems which are mainly eminent in chloroplasts membranes. They are of different types namely, type a and type b. Apart from aiding in the process of photosynthesis, chlorophyll also helps plants to grow and survive environmental adversities. The concentration of chlorophyll in plants depends on the rate of light absorption. Plants growing in the shadows, for instance, have little exposure to sunlight as opposed to those growing in direct sunlight. Damaged leaves do not absorb so much sunlight as healthy leaves, and that could be the reason as to why they are damaged in the first place. The chlorophyll content in healthy leaves is, therefore, higher than that in damaged leaves. (Sevik et al. 1060). In the comparison to the content of Chlorophyll in tomatoes and in cucumbers, Medawar, Ghassan, and Desiree (01), report that the percentage of chlorophyll in tomatoes were higher by 11% below the percentage of the pigment in cucumbers which was higher by 19%.

David et al. (08) performed comparisons on chlorophyll concentration on various types of watermelon samples. In the research, it was found that green fleshed watermelons contained higher concentration of the pigment than other types.
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Davis, Angela R., et al. “Green-fleshed watermelon contains chlorophyll.” Report/Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative (2008).
Medawar, Gilbert, Ghassan Srour, and Desiree El Azzi. “Comparison of chlorophyll content in greenhouse tomato and cucumber leaves after HBED-Fe and EDDHA-Fe applications.” Frontiers in Life Science 9.3 (2016): 182-189.
Sevik, Hakan, et al. “Change to the amount of chlorophyll on leaves depend on insolation in some landscape plants.” International Journal of Environmental Sciences 3.3 (2012): 1057.