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I. The primary CO2 acceptor

II. The extent of photorespiration

III. Presence of the Calvin cycle

IV. Leaf anatomy

V. Carboxylase enzyme

Which one does not differ between the C3 and the C4 plants?

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Important Questions on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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C4 plants are adapted to saline environment due to
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The energetically more expensive but more efficient cycle of dark reaction in plants adapted to dry tropical regions is
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Which of the following holds false with respect to photorespiration?
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The overall reaction

CO2+H2O+NADPH2+ATPSugar+ADP+iP+NADP+

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Who, after conducting experiments on purple and green sulphur bacteria, inferred that O2 evolved during photosynthesis comes from H2O not from CO2?
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Substrate for photorespiration is
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If green plant cells are incubated with O18- Iabelled CO2, which of the following molecules will become radioactive when the cells are exposed to light?
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Read the following statements and select the correct option:

A. C4 plants have greater productivity of biomass.

B. C4 plants have double carboxylation separation by time.

C. Chloroplast in the bundle sheath cells lacks RuBisCO.