Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Name the first stable compound formed in C3 cycle.

Solution

3-phosphoglyceric acid (PGA)

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CBSEENBI11000487

 What is stroma ?

Solution

Stroma is matrix or the cytoplasm of chloroplast where dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place.

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Where CO2 assimilation occurs in CPlants ?

Solution

In bundle sheath cells.

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What are grana ?

Solution

Grana are the stacks of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast. They are the sites of light reaction of photosynthesis.