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long-day photoperiodism, flowering |
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- long-day photoperiodic control of flowering
- long-day photoperiodic control of flowering time
- long-day photoperiodic control of inflorescence development
- response to long-day, flowering
- response to short-night, flowering
- short-night photoperiodism, flowering
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A change from the vegetative to the reproductive phase as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light that exceeds the critical day length. The critical day length varies between species. Although the term is long-day is used, most species actually respond to the duration of the night, so that the response will occur when a period of darkness falls short of the number of hours defined by 24 minus the critical day length.
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