Most plants utilize C3 photosynthesis, though, meaning they don't have built-in safeguards against photorespiration. Some research groups, including those at the University of Illinois and the US ...

1. Chloroplast photosynthesis - The O2 evolving complex and modulation by light. 2. Carbon dioxide gas exchange - Role of light in photosynthetic CO2 fixation and respiration in C3 and C4 plants (2 ...

Cross sections of C3 rice (left) and C4 sorghum (right) shoots. Both grain crops evolved from a common ancestor, but sorghum evolved to photosynthesize more efficiently.