C3 C4 CAM

TYPES OF -> CO2 ATTACH WITH -> CO2 is -> CAM

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RUBP (5CARBON converted into OCCURS IN
LOWER WATER
IN DESERT PLANTS MOLECULE) WHICH Oxaloacetate CONDITIONS
ARE CONVERTED (4 carbon) and -> OCCURS IN 2
INTO 2 MOLECULES then into sugar.
STAGES
OF PGA (3 CARBON) -> C4 plant use C3
-> CO2 is

-> DIURNAL PROCESS photosynthesis converted into

and Kranz malic acid (1st)
-> LOW CO2 to 02 -> CO2 is
anatomy
Ratio released from
segregate the
-> Lower level of malic acid to
cells with C3
form sugar (2nd)
photosynthetic photosynthesis -> Temporal
efficiency than C4 and C4 strategy for C3
photosynthesis photosynthesis
Plants
 ->Autotrophic organisms which
occur in the open spaces between
higher plants are called Biological
Biological Soil crust soil crust.
-> They are of 3 Types; Biological
crust (Formed by combination of
cyanobacteria, algae, lichens,
mosses, bacteria, and fungi),
Mechanical and chemical crust
(formed by clays or salts in the
soils).
->They are capable of
withstanding desiccation and
suspending
respiration.
Annual Plants
Annual plants are plants which live for one growing season or year and then survive
until the following growing season as seeds.

Desert annuals have little capacity for photosynthetic acclimation, unlik evergreen
species. They are also unable to handle severe drought
Some annuals are amphiphytic, that is, they may be annual or perennial depending
on local environmental conditions. For example, several species of the grass genus
Stipagrostis are perennial under moderate conditions but are annual when
conditions become more extreme.
Annuals can be classified as Winter and Summer Annuals.
Winter Annuals have short height, single layered leaves close to soil which are highly
dissected.
Summer Annuals have comparatively more height, follow solar tracking with leaves
that are displayed along the entire vertical length of the stem and are smaller in size