Chapter 7, Problem 13PS

Summary Introduction

To explain: The reason that why expert believe that rain forests make little or no net contribution to global ${\text{O}}_{\text{2}}$ production.

Introduction:

Photorespiration is the process in which the plants take up the oxygen from the environment and produces carbon dioxide to the environment. The photorespiration process takes place in three organelles of plant cell that are chloroplast, peroxisome and mitochondria. The end product of the photorespiration is formation of carbon dioxide.