Annuals converted into perennials

Monday, November 10, 2008 - 09:35 in Biology & Nature

Annual crops grow, blossom and die within one year. Perennials overwinter and grow again the following year. The life strategy of many annuals consists of rapid growth following germination and rapid transition to flower and seed formation, thus preventing the loss of energy needed to create permanent structures...

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