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The senescence observed in banana and gladiolus is
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shoot senescence
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In certain angiospermic herbaceous perennials, like banana and gladiolus, above the ground part of the shoot dies each year after flowering and fruiting, but the underground parts (stem and roots) survive and put out new shoots the next year.