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The natural physical environment in which plants grow is a dynamic and changing habitat. Many fluctuations in the environment occur at regular and predictable intervals. During each 24 hour period the earth completes one light/ dark cycle, and plants growing in their natural habitat are subjected to alternating periods of sunlight and darkness. With the change of the seasons, the duration of each light/ dark period changes in a constant predictable fashion in relation to the earth’s yearly seasonal changes.
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Cress, W.A., Stewart, J.M. (2010). Cycles and Rhythms in Cotton. In: Stewart, J.M., Oosterhuis, D.M., Heitholt, J.J., Mauney, J.R. (eds) Physiology of Cotton. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3195-2_10
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