Which metabolic cost impacts productivity in agricultural C3 plants facing increasingly high temperatures?

💡 Explanation

When C3 plants operate at escalated temperatures, photorespiration rate increases because Rubisco enzyme affinity shifts from carbon dioxide to oxygen accelerating the wasteful oxidation of RuBP which lowers photosynthetic output. Therefore consumption of fixed carbon results, rather than alternatives linked to other temp-sensitive plant processes.

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