Q. Synthesis of food in $C_{4}$-pathway occurs in chlorophyll of
A) Guard cells
B) Bundle sheath cells
C) Spongy mesophyll cells
D) Palisade cells
Explanation
$C_{4}$-pathway occurs in some tropical plants having Kranz anatomy (undifferentiated mesophyll around vascular bundles with chloroplast containing bundle sheath). The final $CO_{2}$ fixation occurs in bundle sheath cells.
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