The termination of the life cycle of annual and biennial plants is sudden and complete. Entire fields of grains and other annual crops die sinmultaneously, often in the early part of the growing season. Neitlher the function nor the physiological basis for this senescence is understood.Plant senescence has received little attention since the publication of a small, perceptive book by Molisch (6)
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