vernalization

American  

[ver-nuhl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌvər nəl əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. Botany. the act or process of vernalizing.

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vernalization Scientific  

/ vûr′nə-lĭ-zā′shən /

1. The subjection of seeds or seedlings to low temperature in order to hasten plant development and flowering. Vernalization is commonly used for crop plants such as winter rye and is possible because the seeds and buds of many plants require cold in order to break dormancy.

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Example Sentences

Therefore, we speculate that the amplification of B3 REM transcription factors in wheat genomes might be related to the vernalization process of wheat.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

You induce bolting by giving the plant an artificial winter, a process called vernalization after the Latin word for spring.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2015

RefBeet scaffold on chromosome 2, plays an important role during vernalization.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2014

This process of vernalization translates environmental temperatures into developmental responses through a cascade of molecular responses that depend on epigenetic regulation of the floral repressor.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 6, 2011

The discovery was "vernalization," a method of refrigerating the seeds of wheat varieties that are normally planted in autumn to make them produce a crop if planted in spring.

From Time Magazine Archive