The scientist awarded the Noble Prize in 1960 for tracing the path of carbon in plants is

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Calvin

Melvin Calvin was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1960 for tracing the path of carbon in plants. This pathway is known as the Calvin cycle or C₃ cycle. He used the radioisotope of carbon ¹⁴C for tracing the path of carbon in algal photosynthesis.

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