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A New Experimental Pesticide Is Being Tested by a Large

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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 ATP production in the chloroplasts. (Interestingly, production of ATP in the mitochondria is unaffected.) Given this observation, what reaction(s) of photosynthesis would you expect to be DIRECLTY affected by the new pesticide?


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A substance made up of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds in a fixed ratio, possessing unique properties different from its component elements.

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Weak bonds formed when a hydrogen atom covalently attached to one electronegative atom is attracted to another electronegative atom.

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