Importance of day length in flowering of plants/photoperiodism was first observed in
A
Cotton
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B
Tobacco
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C
Lemna
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D
Petunia
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Solution
The correct option is B Tobacco The flowering response of plant to the length of dark and light period is called as photoperiodism. It was first observed in Soybeans and tobacco by Garner and Allard. It was observed that these plants flower only when they were exposed to certain amount of day light.