Floret development in near isogenic wheat lines differing in plant height.
Larvae bore into the ovary or corolla tube of disc or ray florets, moving from one floret to the next.
Ray floret ovules are the main food source of late instar larvae of both species.
Floret moisture content at the start of experiments was 10.8 ^ 1.0% (fresh weight basis).
Floret development and spike growth as affected by photoperiod during stem elongation in wheat.
These numbers probably underestimated the proportion of larvae that dropped because not all shed skins remain when larvae moult and wriggle out of the florets.
Grains were harvested from the first and second florets of the six middle spikelets.
Grain and floret number in response to photoperiod during stem elongation in fully and slightly vernalized wheats.
