Question

In $C_{3}-$ plants, photosynthesis occurs in

• A. bundle sheath cells
• B. peroxisome
• C. mesophyll cells
• D. Kranz anatomy

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

mesophyll cells

Answer 2

In $C_{3}-$ plants, only the mesophyll cells carry out photosynthesis, while in $C_{4}-$ plants, both the mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells contain chloroplasts and participate in photosynthesis.