Question

In $C_4$ plants, chloroplasts also occur in

• A. Bundle sheath cells
• B. Guard cells
• C. Spongy parenchyma
• D. Epidermis

Answer 1

The correct option is A Bundle sheath cells

$C_4$ plants have a special type of leaf anatomy called Kranz anatomy. $C_4$ pathway requires two types of cells i.e., mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells. Bundle sheath cells are the particularly large cells around the vascular bundles. In $C_4$ plants, chloroplasts also occur in bundle sheath cells. They have a large number of dimorphic chloroplasts.