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day-neutral plant [1 record]

Record 1 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A plant in which flowering can occur irrespective of the day length.

CONT

Day-neutral plants flower under any of a wide range of day lengths.

OBS

Examples are cucumber and maize.

Key term(s)
  • neutral-day plant
  • photoperiod insensitive plant
  • day length insensitive plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

[...] plante [...] dont la floraison n'est pas influencée par la durée du jour [...]

CONT

Les plantes indifférentes sont des «aphotopériodiques» (comme la pomme de terre, par exemple), dont la floraison est indifférente à la longueur du jour et de la nuit.

CONT

Les plantes photo-apériodiques [...] par exemple le pissenlit, le mouton blanc ou la pâquerette.

Spanish

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