Using your text book try to identify and compare the structures typically found in the leaves of plants.
Leaf X-section of a C3 Plant (Wheat) 100 magnification |
Leaf X-section of a C3 Plant (Wheat) 400 magnification |
Leaf X-section of a C3 Plant (Wheat) 400 magnification |
Notice the dark green bodies within the various cells found in the images of cross sections of plants above and below; these are chloroplasts.
C4 plants like the corn examples below, have two types of photosythetic cells, which differ in form and function. Bundle-sheath cells surround the viens found in leaves. In C4 plants they are photosythetic in C3 plants they are non-photosynthetic. Both C3 and C4 plants have photosynthetic Mesophyll cells.
Leaf X-section of a C4Plant (Corn) 100 magnification
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Leaf X-section of a C4Plant (Corn) 400 magnification
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Leaf X-section of a C4Plant (Corn) 400 magnification
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