If peach trees growing in specific mild climates

of the southern United States do not receive
about 850 hours of temperatures below 40
degrees, they will not produce flowers in the
spring. This is explained by which of the
following terms?



a. photoperiodism
b. phototropism
c. senescence
d. vernalization
e. dormancy


D

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