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Summer dormancy and flowering in a geophytic grass

In Mediterranean climatic regions, summer dormancy allows plants to survive the hot and dry season. Ofir and Kigel (pp. 391-400) show that along a gradient of increasing aridity, populations of Poa bulbosa enter dormancy earlier, exhibit more intensive flowering and have leaf traits that impart better drought resistance.





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