Sunflowers Look on the Bright Side - And Benefit From It (1 of 7) (IMAGE)

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Sunflowers Look on the Bright Side - And Benefit From It (1 of 7)

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Infrared imaging reveals changes in flower surface temperature at different times of day. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 5, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by H.S. Atamian at University of California, Davis in Davis, CA, and colleagues was titled, 'Circadian regulation of sunflower heliotropism, floral orientation, and pollinator visits.'

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Evan Brown, University of Virginia

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