The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between Floating Respiration and Protoplasmic Respiration. Difference # Floating Respiration: 1. It is a common mode of respiration. 2. The substrate is carbohydrate or fat. 3. The substrate is a storage material which is hydrolysed for respiration. 4. It goes on indefinitely throughout the life of the cells. 5. Toxic products [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Mechanism and Importance of Anaerobic Respiration in Plants. Mechanism of Anaerobic Respiration: It is the process of release of energy in enzymatically controlled step-wise incomplete degradation of organic food without oxygen being used as oxidant. Therefore, end products are never completely inorganic. The term anaerobic respiration is often used in connection with [...]
The following points highlight the three steps involved in aerobic respiration in plants. The steps are: 1. Glycolysis 2. Krebs cycle 3. Terminal Oxidation. Step # 1. Glycolysis (Gk. glycos - sugar, lysis - splitting, Fig. 14.2): It is also called ЕМР pathway because it was discovered by three German scientists— Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof and J. Pamas in 1930. [...]