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Q.Select long day plants from the following:

(a) Potato, Tomato, Cotton
(b) Pea, Barley, Oats
(c) Oats, Cocklebur, Rhododendron
(d) Tobacco, Rice, Soyabean
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Pea, barley, and oats are long day plants — they flower when exposed to day lengths longer than their critical photoperiod, typically in spring/early summer.

Based on their photoperiodic response, flowering plants are grouped as:

  • Long Day Plants (LDPs): flower only when day length exceeds a critical minimum (i.e., when the dark period is shorter than a critical maximum) — commonly flowering in spring/summer as days lengthen. Examples: wheat, barley, oats, pea, spinach, radish, henbane.
  • Short Day Plants (SDPs): flower only when day length is less than a critical maximum (long uninterrupted dark period needed) — typically flowering as days shorten in autumn. Examples: rice, tobacco, soybean, cocklebur (Xanthium), chrysanthemum.
  • Day Neutral Plants (DNPs): flowering is not controlled by photoperiod. Examples: tomato, cotton, sunflower, cucumber. …

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