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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Which of the following plant is efficient converter of solar energy whose net productivity is 2-4 kg/m2/yr or even higher?

  • Wheat

  • Rice

  • Sugarcane

  • Bajra

Answer

C.

Sugarcane

Sugarcane is the plant which is a converter of solar energy whose net productivity is 2-4 kg/m2/yr . This is because it is a photosynthetic C4 plant and it does not perform photrespiration.

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