A New Experimental Pesticide Is Being Tested by a Large

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Multiple Choice

A new experimental pesticide is being tested by a large agricultural chemical company. An unfortunate side effect in plants treated with this new product is a decrease in NADPH production in the chloroplasts. (Interestingly, reduction of NAD⁺ to NADH in the mitochondria is unaffected.) Given this observation, which of the following would you expect to observe in the chloroplasts of these plants?

• A)an increase in 3-phosphoglycerate levels and a decrease in RuBP production
• B)a decrease in 3-phosphoglycerate levels and an increase in RuBP production
• C)an increase in glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate production
• D)an increase in 3-phosphoglycerate production and an increase in RuBP production

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