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Nicolas Naranja · 01-08-2009, 04:24 PM

I'll let wikipedia do the job

C3
C3 carbon fixation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photorespiration
Photorespiration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Take home message is that C3(Beans, Bananas, Rice) plants fix carbon for photosynthesis using a a 3-carbon sugar while C4(Sugarcane, Maize, Sorghum) plants use a 4-carbon sugar. Yet another type of carbon fixation would be CAM(Pineapple, Agave, Cactus) Photorespiration is bad because it uses carbon dioxide in a way that does not make the plant grow.

01-08-2009, 04:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nicolas Naranja Muck bananas Nicolas Naranja 's Photo Gallery Location: Pahokee, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Nick Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,217 BananaBucks : 472,906 Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Thanks" 66 Times Was Thanked 5,665 Times in 1,563 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 7 Times	Re: Banana Growing Degree Days I'll let wikipedia do the job C3 C3 carbon fixation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Photorespiration Photorespiration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Take home message is that C3(Beans, Bananas, Rice) plants fix carbon for photosynthesis using a a 3-carbon sugar while C4(Sugarcane, Maize, Sorghum) plants use a 4-carbon sugar. Yet another type of carbon fixation would be CAM(Pineapple, Agave, Cactus) Photorespiration is bad because it uses carbon dioxide in a way that does not make the plant grow. __________________ Some people go bananas, I went plantains.