AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2003

  • question_answer
    Grana is ill developed or absent in the chloroplast in the

    A)  stem of Hydrilla                              

    B)  leaf of sunflower

    C)  bundle sheath of sugarcane leaf

    D)  mesophyll of grasses

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     In bundle sheath chloroplast of \[{{C}_{4}}\] plants like sugarcane, Zea mays, Chlories sp., Atriplex sp., Digittarea sp. etc., grana is absent. M D Hatch and C R Slack while worked on sugarcane found a new cycle of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] fixation in these plant. They named this cycle as \[{{C}_{4}}\]-cycle or Dicarboxylic acid cycle or B-carboxylation pathway or cooperative photosynthesis. Grana is well organized in chloroplast of Hydrilla, grasses, sunflower etc.


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