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Maryland mammoth tabacco is a short day plant. Its critical duration of darkness is 10 hours. Under which of the following conditons will it not flower?

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A short day plant is the one that flowers on photoperiods shorter than tha critical day length. As the crictical duration of darkness in the Maryland mammoth tobacco is 10 hours to flower. Thus under the conditions shws in option (a), the plant will not flower.
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