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In which type of environment are plants mostly to use c4 pathway of carbon fixation

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hot and dry.
C4 pathway of carbon fixation is used by plants as an adaptive mechanism to prevent or reduce water loss during hot weather condition.
In carbon fixation, C4 is not an alternative pathway but an additional one.
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