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If a short-day plant is grown under conditions of long nights and short days and the dark period is interrupted in the middle by a brief exposure to red light, will the plant flower?

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Short day plants require long and uninterrupted night to be able to flower. If the night is interrupted by brief exposure of lights, it will fail to flower at all.

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Value based questions.If a short-day plant is grown under conditions of long nights and short days and the dark period is interrupted in the middle by a brief exposure to red light, will the plant flower?

Short day plants require long and uninterrupted night to be able to flower. If the night is interrupted by brief exposure of lights, it will fail to flower at all.

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If a short-day plant is grown under conditions of long nights and short days and the dark period is interrupted in the middle by a brief exposure to red light, will the plant flower?