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Citrus trees, like other polycarpic plants, maintain a balance between vegetative and reproductive growth by transforming each year only a certain percentage of their meristems into flowers, while the rest continues to produce vegetative growth which ensures the plant’s future.
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Goldschmidt, E.E., Monselise, S.P. (1972). Hormonal Control of Flowering in Citrus and Some Other Woody Perennials. In: Carr, D.J. (eds) Plant Growth Substances 1970. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65406-0_99
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