OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Question
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C4
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CAM
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Nitrogen fixer
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C3
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Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: A plant in your garden avoids photorespiratory losses, has improved water use efficiency, shows high rates of photosynthesis at high temperatures, and has improved the efficiency of nitrogen utilization. This plant belongs to the C4 group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Photorespiration occurs usually when there is a high concentration of oxygen. Under such circumstances, RuBisCO, the enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of RuBP during the first step of the Calvin cycle, functions as an oxygenase. Some O2 does not bind itself to RuBisCO and hence CO2 fixation is decreased.
Detailed explanation-3: -Photorespiration replaces carbon dioxide in the Calvin cycle with oxygen. As a result, sugar is not created since carbon is not fixed, and the process uses more oxygen. As a result, photorespiration reduces photosynthetic output.