The proteinaceous pigment that acts as the center of activities concerned with light is:

The pigment phytochrome is involved in:

It is known that some varieties of wheat are sown in autumn but are harvested around next mid-summer.
$(A)$ What could be the probable reason for this?
$(B)$ What term is used for this promotion of flowering under low temperature?
$(C)$ Which plant hormone can replace the cold treatment?

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)
$8$	$0$ / $0$
$10$	$0$ / $0$
$12$	$4$ / $6$
$14$	$5$ / $7$
$16$	$5$ / $8$

Vernalisation is done at

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?