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The three photosynthetic pathways, C3, C4 and CAM, are briefly summarised below. The biochemical processes involved are described in greater detail by Harborne (1988), among others. There are considerable variations to be found in the C3 and C4 pathways; to date these have been most widely investigated in the Gramineae — the CAM pathway is not known in the Gramineae (Hattersley and Watson 1992).
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Wickens, G.E. (1998). Photosynthesis. In: Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03700-3_8
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