Photoperiodic stimulus is received by

The pigment phytochrome is involved in:

Vernalization is defined as .....

The relation of flowering to the lengths of light and dark periods was investigated by two experiments. In one experiment,the plants were subjected to dark periods of various lengths while the light periods were kept at $4$ hours. In the second experiment,plants were kept in dark periods of various lengths while the light periods were kept at $16$ hours. The number of flowers formed in relation to these periods is shown in the table. These results indicate that flowering:

Dark periods (hours)	Flowers formed (Light: $4$ hrs / $16$ hrs)
$8$	$0$ / $0$
$10$	$0$ / $0$
$12$	$4$ / $6$
$14$	$5$ / $7$
$16$	$5$ / $8$

Phytochrome plays an important role in

The pigment involved in photo-perception during flowering is: