Vernalization

Through a process he called "vernalization," Lysenko reported growing peas in winter on the frozen steppe of Azerbaijan, causing ❋ Tony Long (2011)

In 1928 he claimed to have invented a procedure called vernalization, by which seeds were moistened and chilled to enhance the later growth of crops. ❋ Crichton, Michael, 1942- (2004)

The ability of plants to switch from vegetative to reproductive phase after a long period of cold, a process known as vernalization ❋ Amadou Diallo Et Al. (2010)

One of Crichton's examples is Trofim Lysenko, a Russian peasant who espoused a theory of "vernalization" in which fields could be fertilized without fertilizers and minerals. ❋ FrontPage Mag (2008)

"vernalization" in which fields could be fertilized without fertilizers and minerals. ❋ FrontPage Mag (2008)

Although vernalization per se is not mentioned in the list of phenological cues, various reproductive behaviors and climatic triggers are included. ❋ AYDIN (2008)

•A requirement to experience a cold-induced dormancy prior to reproduction vernalization that I discussed here and here would be covered under the category Phenology. ❋ AYDIN (2008)

All references to vernalization that I have come across seem to imply that it is a process specific to plants. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

So, hereby I declare vernalization to be a process common to both plants and animals. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

Memories of winter: vernalization and the competence to flower. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

Incidentally, I learned what vernalization means just yesterday afternoon from a short article in the 4 August issue of the New Scientist where it is, of course, spelled vernalisation. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

In a post I wrote back in August, when it was hot and humid, I speculated that terrestrial invertebrates, like some plants, may need to go thru a cold-induced winter dormancy vernalization before they can start reproducing in the spring. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

For more technical information on vernalization, you may want to read, not the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but these free papers by Richard M. Amasino, an authority on the subject: ❋ AYDIN (2007)

Some definitions of vernalization on the Internet make it sound as if it is an artificial process that plant growers subject plants to. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

For example, the "venerable" Encyclopaedia Britannica defines vernalization as "the artificial exposure of plants or seeds to low temperatures in order to stimulate flowering ..." ❋ AYDIN (2007)