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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. plants (botany)
  4. C4 plants
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plants (botany)
  3. C4 plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. behavior
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. C4 plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. zoology
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. C4 plants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. zoology
  3. animal behavior
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. C4 plants
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal husbandry
  3. animal care
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. C4 plants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal husbandry
  3. animal care
  4. environmental enrichment
  5. plants (botany)
  6. C4 plants

Preferred term

C4 plants

Type

  • Organism

Definition

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

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • C4 species
  • carbon-4 plants

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/20717

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