vernalis: belonging to spring] • Events occurring during a required chilling period, leading eventually to flowering.
The cold treatment needed by some fall-germinating plants to promote flowering the following spring.
Flowering induction in response to prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, as occurs in winter cereals.
ArtiÞcial exposure of seeds or seedlings to cold to enable the plant to þower.
the act or process of hastening the flowering and fruiting of plants by treating seeds, bulbs, or seedlings so as to induce a shortening of the vegetative period
a period of cold temperatures required by certain plants before they will produce flowers and mature.
The process in which a seed is subjected to a period of cold, causing changes that allow germination to occur.
Exposure of seed or plants to low temperature to induce or accelerate the development of the ability to form flowers.
Vernalization (vernalisation - British English) is the acquisition of the competence to flower in the spring by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter.