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THE relatively unchanging annual sequence of anthesis of plant species which occurs naturally each year could be explained in terms of a primary effect of light duration with which secondary factors such as temperature and rainfall interact, provided all species were sensitive to the effects of light duration with respect to anthesis, that is, if there were no completely day-neutral plants.
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Walker, J. E., Sierra, M., Bedia, R., and Hopp, H., Turrialba, 10, 149 (1960).
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COOPER, A. Relations between Day-length and Annual Patterns of Plant Development. Nature 195, 1218–1219 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951218b0
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