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What is photoperiodism?

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The response of a plant to the relative lengths of light and dark periods is known as photoperiodism. The length of the light period and the dark period have an influence on the growth as well as the reproductive phase. There is stimulation of flowering in the case of the plants which are exposed to a proper duration of light and dark periods.

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