Prolonged cold exposure turns up its activity in winter wheat, which
requires vernalization, but not in spring wheat, which can flower without a long cold exposure.
Not exact matches
Other research in Europe has shown that plants can shift another mechanism that controls their response to climate:
vernalization, or the length of the cold snap
required before a plant will respond to a warm spell as a growth signal.
«While to some this may sound positive, the
vernalization of winter wheat
requires subfreezing temperatures; warmer winters would likely
require a change in the type of wheat that would be grown which would affect inputs and markets.