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C4 plants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000970

Plants where the initial carbon fixation occurs in the outer mesophyll cells, and the Calvin cycle occurs in the inner bundle sheath cells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000970
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
SynonymsC4 species; carbon-4 plants
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplants (botany); C4 photosynthesis
TranslationsSpanish: plantas C4
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000970",
  "term": "C4 plants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Plants where the initial carbon fixation occurs in the outer mesophyll cells, and the Calvin cycle occurs in the inner bundle sheath cells.",
  "synonyms": [
    "C4 species",
    "carbon-4 plants"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plants (botany)",
    "C4 photosynthesis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plantas C4"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/c4-plants/"
}

Record 970 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.