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Choose the Correct Answer:
Compensation point means the condition:
Options
When the entire food manufactured in photosynthesis remains unutilised
When the pot is watered just to meet the full requirement of the plant
When rate of photosynthesis is equal to rate of respiration
Where there is neither photosynthesis nor respiration.
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Solution
When rate of photosynthesis is equal to rate of respiration
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