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Question
Difference between an annual and biennial plants. Provide one example of each.
Solution
| Annual Plants | Biennial Plants |
| The plants that require a single season to complete their whole life cycle are termed as annual plants. | The plants that require two seasons to complete their total life cycle are called biennial plants |
| They grow, set seeds and die all within one year. | In the first year the plants grow a healthy root system, leaves and a short stem before becoming dormant over the winter months. In the second year the plants grow quickly before flowering, setting seed and then die. |
| E.g. rice, wheat etc. | E.g. onion, parsley, carrot etc. |
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