2) Research current topics in increasing crop yields related to increasing photosynthetic efficiency. Research topics may include specific research on C3, C4, and CAM plants. What type of photosynthetic pathways do our major plant crops carry out (the major crops are soy, rice, corn, and wheat)?

The differences between C3, C4 and CAM pathways are as follows CHARACTERSTIC C3 C4 CAM Kranz…

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2) Research current topics in increasing crop yields related to increasing photosynthetic efficiency. Research topics may include specific research on C₃, C₄, and CAM plants. What type of photosynthetic pathways do our major plant crops carry out (the major crops are soy, rice, corn, and wheat)?

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The differences between C₃, C₄ and CAM pathways are as follows

CHARACTERSTIC	C₃	C₄	CAM
Kranz anatomy	Absent	Present	Absent
Initial carobondioxide acceptor	Riboluse-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP)	Phosphenol pyruvate (PEP)	Phosphenol pyruvate (PEP)
Photorespiration	Present	Absent	Present in afternoon
Carboxylating enzymes	RuBP carboxylase	PEP Carboxylase (mesophyll cells), RuBP carboxylase (bundle sheath)	PEP Carboxylase (in dark), RuBP carboxylase (in light)
First stable product formed	3-phosphoglyceric acid	Oxaloacetate (OAA)	Oxaloacetate (OAA)