Given below are two statements.
Statement I Sorghum plants show Hatch-Slack pathway.
Statement II In 
plants, Calvin cycle does not take place in the mesophyll cells, but only in the bundle sheath cells.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Both statement I and statement II are correct.
To fix 
Hatch and Slack pathway is the alternate to the 
cycle. This pathway is slightly common in several grasses, maize, sugarcane and Sorghum.
Whereas, Calvin pathway is common to both 
and 
plants. In 
plants, it occurs in all mesophyll cells while in 
plant it takes place in bundle sheath cells only.
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