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Leaf Vernalization

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VERNALIZATION is the indirect stimulating effect of low temperature on subsequent flower formation in high temperatures. So far seed vernalization and plant vernalization are known. In winter annuals vernalization of germinating seed is effective. In biennials seed vernalization has no visible effect, but ‘adult’ plants—which have passed the juvenile phase—can be vernalized.

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WELLENSIEK, S. Leaf Vernalization. Nature 192, 1097–1098 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921097a0

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