Assertion: Photorespiration is a wasteful process.
Reason: In photorespiratory pathway, there is not synthesis of sugars or ATP.

Answer

A

Explanation

Photorespiration is the light dependent process of oxygenation of ribulose biphosphate (RuBP) and release of carbon dioxide by the photosynthetic organs of a plant. In the phosorespiratory pathway, there is neither synthesis of sugars nor of ATP. Rather, it resutls in the release of `CO_(2)` with the utilisation of ATP, Therefore, photorespiration is a wasteful process.