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- Title
FRIT FLY AND THE OAT PANICLE.
- Authors
Empson, D. W.
- Abstract
This article deals with a study on the influence of Frit fly attack in one grain on the weight of a healthy grain in the same two-grained spikelet. Main grains suffer a greater degree of attack than bosom grains and there were comparatively few spikelets in which the bosom grain was attacked and the main healthy. The degree of Frit attack was investigated in relation to the position of the spikelets in the panicle, and also in relation to panicle size. The loss in weight of fritted grains averaged about 50 per cent. The chemical analyses show that the material lost through Frit attack is similar in composition to oat kernel, and this suggests that the main effect of attack is to prevent the full development of the kernels.
- Subjects
FRIT fly; GRAIN diseases &; pests; ANALYTICAL chemistry; OATS; OSCINELLA
- Publication
Plant Pathology, 1957, Vol 6, Issue 4, p143
- ISSN
0032-0862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3059.1957.tb00803.x