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

It is a characteristic of C₄ plants

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It is a characteristic of C₃ plants

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It occurs in chloroplasts

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It occurs in day time only

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The correct option is A It is a characteristic of C₄ plants
Dicker and Tio (1959) discovered photorespiration in tobacco plant. It is a light dependant process of oxygenation of ribulose biphosphate (RuBP). During this process, carbon dioxide is liberated and oxygen is consumed. C4 – plants avoid photorespiration by following Hatch-Slack pathway.

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