C3 and C4 photosynthetic mechanisms

Introduction

Definition of C3: 

  • 3 carbon compound
  • open stomata during the day 
  • RUBISCO, the enzymeme involved in the uptake of CO2 

Defintions of C4

  • 4 carbon compound
  • open stomata during the day
  • PEP Carboxylase the enzymeme involved in the uptake of CO2 
Task

Process

Plants that undergo C3: 

  • Rice 
  • Wheat
  • Rye 
  • Soybean 
  • Oat
  • Sugar beets 
  • Spinach 
  • Tobacco 
  • Scotch pine 
  • Bindweed

Plants that undergo C4

  • Corn
  • Sugarcane
  • Barnyard grass
  • Crabgrass 
  • Pigweed
  • Itch grass
  • Goosegrass
  • Tumbleweed
  • Sorghum 
  • Millets
Evaluation
  • C3 plants are found in the present of normal oxygen levels 
  • C4 plants are found in low oxygen areas 
Conclusion
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