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What do you mean by photorespiration how c4 plants are adapted to prevent photorespiration |
| Answer» Photorespiration is the phenomenon only in C3 plants where RUBP combines with oxygen tl form phosphoglycerate aling with the main product that is phosphoglyceric acid.the formation of phosphoglycerate decreases the amount of PGA.its a totally wasteful process because nothing is formed and even 1 atp is utilized.C4 plants have an inbuilt machenism to control this.also there is much CO2 concentration in the intercellular spacea which prevents the RUBO in bundle sheat cells to form any other product other than PGA | |