While we’re all anticipating spring, it’s still only February. Outside, we can see our plants resting over winter, but just because they are dormant doesn’t mean they haven’t been doing anything all ...

Researchers have uncovered new evidence about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations.

The gene that controls "vernalization," the biological process that requires cold temperatures to trigger flower formation in some plants, has been isolated and cloned in wheat for the first time by a ...

A fourth wheat gene governing vernalization -- the biological process requiring cold temperatures to trigger flower formation -- has been identified, giving plant breeders one more tool for developing ...

Rain on Dec. 26 should have been enough to make wheat seed absorb moisture and swell, starting the vernalization process. After the seed has absorbed moisture and the germination process has begun, ...

Biennial crops, such as Swiss chard, require exposure to cold in order to flower and set seeds, but the result is not immediately apparent. Evidence that a plant’s vernalization requirement has been ...

Researchers have uncovered new evidence about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations.