AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1996

  • question_answer
    Photorespiration could easily be detected in

    A) \[{{C}_{3}}\]plants         

    B) \[{{C}_{4}}\]plants

    C)  both in\[{{C}_{5}}\]and\[{{C}_{4}}\]

    D)  none of these.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    : Photorespiration (which occurs in light) is negligible or absent in\[C-4\]plants (having Hatch Slack cycle) and present only in\[C-3\]plants (having calvin cycle). So,\[C-4\]plants are photosynthetically more efficient.


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