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Photorespiration

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Which one of the following is wrong in relation to photorespiration?

It occurs in chloroplasts

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It occurs in daytime only

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It is a characteristic of

C_{4}

plants

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It is a characteristic of

C_{3}

plants

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Solution

The correct option is C It is a characteristic of $C_{4}$ plants
In $C_{4}$ plants the RuBisCO is present in bundle sheath cells, in which carbon dioxide is maintained at high concentration and oxygen is not generated in bundle sheath cells. Thus suppressing the photorespiration process.

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Out of photosynthesis and respiration in plants, which process occurs :
(a) all the time ?
(b) only at daytime ?

Name the cell type in which the initial carboxylation reaction occurs in

(i) C3 plants. (ii) C4 plants

OPTIONS

1)Mesophyll

2) Bundle sheath

3) Both

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