CAM helps the plants in:
Conserving water
Secondary growth
disease resistance
Reproduction
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM cycle) -
In this pathway stomata open at night to reduce transpiration and fixed CO2 to malic acid which gets stored in vacuoles.
- wherein
CAM plants are succulents in the habit and have the slowest photosynthetic rate.
Option 1)
Conserving water
Correct Option
Option 2)
Secondary growth
Incorrect Option
Option 3)
disease resistance
Incorrect Option
Option 4)
Reproduction
Incorrect Option