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Suppose Euphorbia and Maize are grown in...

Suppose Euphorbia and Maize are grown in the tropical area.
(a) Which one of them do you think will be able to survive under such conditions?
(b) Which one of them is more efficient in terms of photosynthetic activity?
(c) What differences do you think are there in their leaf anatomy?

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(a) Maize
(b) Maize is more efficient.
(c) Maize (`C_4` plant) bears Kranz anatomy. Euphorbia bears dorsiventral anatomy.
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