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short-day plants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005796

A plant that requires a long period of darkness (night time) to flower. They usually flower when day length or light period is less than about twelve hours.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005796
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymslong-night plants
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplants (botany); long-day plants; day-neutral plants; photoperiodism; flowering
TranslationsSpanish: plantas de día corto
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005796",
  "term": "short-day plants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A plant that requires a long period of darkness (night time) to flower. They usually flower when day length or light period is less than about twelve hours.",
  "synonyms": [
    "long-night plants"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plants (botany)",
    "long-day plants",
    "day-neutral plants",
    "photoperiodism",
    "flowering"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plantas de día corto"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/short-day-plants/"
}

Record 5,796 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.