12. Which of the following statements regarding photoperiodism is false?
(A) Photoperiodism is the physiological reaction of organisms to the length of a dark period. It occursin both plants and animals.
(B) Many flowering plants (angiosperms) use photoreceptors such as phytochrome and cryptochrometo sense photoperiod.
(C) Long-day plants flower when the night length falls below their critical photoperiod.
(D) The shoot apical meristem that senses the photoperiod leading to its transition from a vegetative(leaf) bud to a reproductive (flower) bud.
(E) Day-neutral plants such as maize do not initiate flowering based on photoperiodism.