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, what specific change(s), if any, would you expect to observe in the intermediate compounds of photosynthesis in the chloroplasts of these plants?

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The Answer of 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, what specific change(s), if any, would you expect to observe in the intermediate compounds of photosynthesis in the chloroplasts of these plants?

A New Experimental Pesticide Is Being Tested by a Large