The low temperature treatment that shortens the period between sowing and the flowering is called

Options

(a) chemotaxy
(b) freezing injury
(c) vernalization
(d) devermalization

Correct Answer:

vernalization

Explanation:

Photoperiodism is the response of plants to the relative lenght of day (light) and night (darkness). Phototaxis is taxis (plant movement) in which stimulus is light. Phototropism is tropism in which stimulus is light (bending of plants towards light). Vernalization is application of cold treatment of plants to effect flowering.