BVP Medical BVP Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Hatch and Slack cycle is found in :

    A)                  \[{{C}_{4}}\] plants                        

    B)                  \[{{C}_{3}}\] plants

    C)                  both a and b     

    D)                  none of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    M.D. Hatch and C. R. Slack found that in certain plants growing in tropical climates,   the   first   product   of photosynthesis is a \[{{C}_{4}}\] compound instead of a \[{{C}_{3}}\]compound. These plants are now known as \[{{C}_{4}}\]plants or Hatch and Slack type plants. The \[{{C}_{4}}\] plants show Kranz type Anatomy e.g. Sugarcane, corn, Euphorbia etc.


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