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When do the desert plants take up carbon dioxide & perform photosynthesis?

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Like other green plants, desert plants additionally get ready nourishment by photosynthesis, amid which little pores (stomata) on a plant's leaves and stems open to retain CO₂ from the air. To keep this, the desert plants don't open their pores for carbon dioxide until the point that the sun goes down.
In desert plants, the stomata are open amid night. Amid night, desert plants assimilate carbon dioxide and shape a transitional. At that point amid daytime when the stomata are shut to avoid loss of water, they utilize this put-away carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis.


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