What do you mean by C3 and C4 palnts

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What do you mean by C3 and C4 palnts..

Answer / santhosh

C3 plants are plant where the first stable product of the
dark reaction is a three carbon compund ( citric acid).
Most plants are c3 plants. c4 plants have a additional
route of fixing carbon. before the c3 cycle in these plants
there is another cycle where the first stable compund is a
4 carbon compund ( oxalo acetic acid).Essentially all c4
plants have c3 cycle too, but not vice versa. these plants
have a unique anatomy (krantz anatomy), the vasular bundles
of leave have chloroplasts in them. there are many more
difference. c4 example would be amaranth

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What do you mean by C3 and C4 palnts..

Answer / zaheen sashwat

C3 PLANTS ARE THOSE PLANTS IN WHICH FIRST STABLE PRODUCT OF
CARBOXYLATION IS A 3CARBON COMPOUND 3-PGA.WHILE C4 PLANTS
ARE THOSE IN WHICH FIRST STABLE PRODUCT IS A 4CARBON
COMPOUND -OAA
.... SURPRISINGLY C4 PLANTS ALSO HAVE C3 CYCLE ...BUT C3
PLANTS DONOT HAVE C4 CYCLE.....C4 PLANTS HAVE SPECIAL
ANATOMY CALLED KARNTZ ANATOMY....

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What do you mean by C3 and C4 palnts..

Answer / max

They are even differentiated by their production of Gibberellin. Based on this they are divided as C1,C2,.....till C64.

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