Which outcome primarily occurs when carbon fixation exceeds regeneration capacity within the Calvin cycle in C3 plants?

💡 Explanation

When CO2 fixation surpasses the Calvin cycle's regeneration capacity, a surplus of RuBP is not available, leading excess energy flow to oxygenation of RuBP by Rubisco, favoring photorespiration because of the limitations. Therefore, photorespiration increases, rather than electron transport termination, nitrate activation or stomatal closure, these depend upon separate independent processes.

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