Identify the crop plants based on the amount of water consumed per gram of $\text{CO}_2$ fixed:
(A) Cowpea < Wheat < Redgram
(B) Tomato < Pineapple < Sorghum
(C) Pineapple < Maize < Rice
(D) Soybean < Sugarcane < Brinjal
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To arrange crops by water consumption per gram of $\text{CO}_2$ fixed:
- Smallest consumption: CAM (Pineapple, Agave).
- Moderate consumption: $\text{C}_4$ (Maize, Sorghum, Sugarcane).
- Largest consumption: $\text{C}_3$ (Rice, Wheat, Legumes).