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Induction of flowering by low temperatur...

Induction of flowering by low temperature treatment in called

A

cryobiology

B

vernalization

C

phototropism

D

pruning

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B
Vernalization is a process of shortening of the juvenile or vegatative phase and hastening flowering by a previous cold treatment . The ter vernalization was coined by Lysenko (1928).
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