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Agriculture · Q283

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 283

Q283

Sugarbeet is the long day plant but sugarcane is

A.
Long day
B.
Short day
Answer
C.
Day neutral
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sugar beet and sugarcane both are used in the production of sugar. Sugar beet is the long day plant means it requires more than 12 hours of daylight for proper fruiting and flowering and synthesis of sugar whereas sugar cane is a short day plant which means 8 hours of daylight is also appropriate for food synthesis in cane.