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Tabulate any eight differences between `C_(3) and C_(4)` plants/cycles.

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`{:(C_(3)"pathway",C_(4) "pathway"),(1. C_(3)"pathway is in" C_(3) "plants which are mostly",1. C_(4)"pathway is found in"C_(4)"plants which are mostly found"),("temperature. Some are tropical.","subtropical and tropical region."),("2. Leaves do not show kranz anatomy.","2. Leaves shows Kranz anatomy."),("3. Chloroplasts are similar and do not exhibit dimorphism.","3. Chloroplast exhibit dimorphism. They are agranular"),(,"and granular chloroplast."),(4. CO_(2)"is fixed and reduced through Calvin cycle.",4. CO_(2)"is fixed through"C_(4)"pathway."),("5. In"C_(3)"plants, RuBP is the primary acceptor of"CO_(2),"5. In"C_(4)"plants, PEP is the primary acceptor of"CO_(2)),("6. In"C_(3)"plants, the first stable product is","6. In"C_(4)"plants, the first stable product is oxaloacetic acid."),("phosphoglyceric acid.",),(7. C_(3) "plants are less efficient in utilising"CO_(2).,7. C_(4)"plants are more efficient in utilising"CO_(2).),("8. Photorespiration is very high.","8. Photorespiration is not defectable."),("9. The optimum temperature for"C_(3)"pathway is 15-"25^(@)C,"9. The optimum temperature for"C_(4)"pathway is 30-"45^(@)C),("10. Photosynthetic yield is low to average.","10. Photosynthetic yield is very high."),(11. C_(3)"plants utilise 18 ATP molecules for synthesis of",11. C_(4)"pants utilise 30 ATP molecules for the synthesis"),("one glucose molecule.","of one glucose molecule."),(12. CO_(2)"compensation is very high.",12. CO_(2)"compensation point is low."),(13. C_(3)"plants utilise water less efficiency.",13. C_(4)"plants utilise water more efficiency."):}`
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