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One set of plants was grown at 12 h day and 12 h night period cycles and it flowered. While for another set of the same plant, the night period was interrupted by a flash of light at midnight and it did not flower. The plants used for the above set of experiments are

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Long day plant
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Day neutral plant
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Short day plant
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Darkness neutral plant
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Solution

The correct option is C Short day plant
The short-long day plants are the plants that initiate flower buds only when a sequence of short day period are followed by long night period. When there is interruption by a flash of light in the dark period, these plants fail to flower.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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