infloresscence types of poaceae
spike, panicle and spike-like panicle.
Spike Inflorescence
Panicle Inflorescence
Spike-like Panicle
Inflorescences in the grass family are composed of individual units called spikelets. A spikelet consists of two ___ enclosing one or more ____.
glumes:o Glumes are bracts, which enclose the spikelet.
Glumes may be large and papery as in oats, or very small and relatively inconspicuous as in barley.
florets:
florets
o The main access of a spikelet bearing the florets is called a _____.
rachilla
whats the two bracts florets have
lemma and the palea
If the lemma and palea remain around the ripened grain produced by this flower, they form the hull as in hulled barley and oat.
* The lemma is usually the larger or lower one
o The_____, the main female part of the cereal flower, occupies most of the space enclosed within the lemma and palea.
ovary
o The______ of the cereal floret emerge from between the lemma and palea.
stamens
ovule.
whats the name for bread wheat
Triticum aestivum
whats the name for winter wheat
Triticum aestivum
whast the name for durum
Triticum durum
The inflorescence of bread wheat is a______
spike
bread wheat has _____ max florets
5
winter wheat has _____ max florets
6
Most wheat varieties have a stem in the internode sections of the culm. However, varieties bred for resistance to sawfly will have culms filled with pith.
hollow
rye inflorescence is a
spike
whats triticale made from
combo of durum and rye
whats the name for triticale
X Triticosecale Wittmark
whats the name for rye
Secale cereale
triticale resembles what more
wheat(durum)
t/f triticale has higher levels of protein than wheat
tr