AIIMS2014BotanyPlant - Growth and Development
Vernalisation is subjected to plants growing in
Options
- Atropical areas
- Btropical areas
- Ctemperate areas
- Dhot areas/arctic region
Correct answer
C. temperate areas
Step-by-step solution
Vernalisation refers specially to the promotion of flowering by exposure to a period of low temperature. Many temperate plants have vernalisation requirement and must experience a period of low temperature in winter, to initiate or accelerate flowering process, or in many fruit tree species, to induce dormancy and then break dormancy prior to flowering.