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Record 1 2011-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

... The C4 plants fix more carbon dioxide than the C3 plants do for every unit of water they transpire. Thus ... when water is scarce C4 plants should give higher yields than C3 plants do.

OBS

In the source "The Sciences," the number 3 is not subscripted.

OBS

C3 plant.

Key term(s)
  • C plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biochimie
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

Désigne un type de métabolisme.

OBS

plante C3; plante de type C3: Le chiffre 3 se place en indice.

Spanish

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