The Bamboo Flowering Cycle Sheds Light on Flowering Diversity

Bamboo is a perennial flowering plant with a distinctive life cycle: many bamboo species remain in the vegetative phase for decades, followed by mass synchronous flowering and subsequent death. The phenomenon of bamboo flowering is not fully understood, but its periodicity is a major research focus....

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Main Authors: Xiao Zheng, Shuyan Lin, Huajun Fu, Yawen Wan, Yulong Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00381/full