Q. Which one of the following is wrong in relation to photorespiration?
A) It is a characteristic of $C_{4}$-plants
B) It is a characteristics of $C_{3}$-plants
C) It is occurs in chloroplasts
D) It occurs in day-time only
Explanation
Dicker and Tio (1959) discovered photorespiration in tobacco plant. It is a light dependent process of oxygenation of ribulosebisphosphate (RuBP). During this process, carbon dioxide is liberated and oxygen is consumed. $C_{4}$-plants avoid photorespiration by following Hatch-Slack pathway.
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