Question

How does vernalization ensure a plant will not flower in the fall season?

Answer 1

Vernalization:

1. Vernalisation is the induction of the flowering process of a plant through exposure to long durations of cold of winter or an equivalent artificial factor.
2. Several plants inhabiting temperate climates need vernalization and should undergo a duration of low winter temperature to accelerate or commence the flowering phase.
3. This makes sure that the reproductive progress and production of seed happens in winters and spring as opposed to autumn
4. The main sites of vernalization are the apical meristems that are metabolically active.
5. Only the meristematic cells found at shoot tips, root apex, new leaves, and embryo tips are subjected to this process.