1. Timed to perfection.
- Author
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ADHYA, TIASA
- Subjects
MONSOONS ,SEED dispersal ,DEHISCENCE (Botany) ,WINDS - Abstract
The article focuses on a study which utilised the difference in timings of the arrival of the northeast monsoon and southwest monsoon in India to determine whether plants fruit in sync with the rains. It states that same plants fruit at various times in different regions, as per local monsoon. According to researcher Uma Shaanker, there is a certain degree of phenotypic plasticity in plants that enables them to adjust to fluctuations.
- Published
- 2013