Question

Mesophyll chloroplast of which plant alone is capable of synthesising starch or sucrose
A) {{C}_{3}}
plant
B) {{C}_{4}}
plant
C) [a] and [b] both
D) Neither{{C}_{3}}
or{{C}_{4}}

Answer 1

Answer:

c3 plants

answer is option a

Answer 2

The correct answer is (a) C₃ plant.

• Mesophyll chloroplast of C₃ plant alone is capable of synthesising starch or sucrose.
• A plant that utilizes the C₃ carbon fixation pathway as the sole mechanism to convert CO₂ into an organic compound (i.e. 3-phosphogylycerate).
• 95% of the green plants are C₃ plants.
• Examples of such plants include rice, wheat, oats, barley, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, sugar beets, soybeans and spinach.