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Comparison of scales used for categorising the development of wheat, barley, rye and oats
Author(s) -
LANDES A.,
PORTER J. R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1989.tb03393.x
Subject(s) - biology , divergence (linguistics) , meristem , agronomy , scale (ratio) , poaceae , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , shoot
Summary A review of the scales used to assess the development of cereals is presented. Twenty‐three scales are identified and they are separated into those that codify the external development of plants and those that describe events at the apical meristem. Comparison of the scales is made for wheat, barley, rye and oats, where this is possible. Attention is drawn to the divergence in the descriptions of similar plants on different scales. Theoretical aspects of the general usage of developmental scales are also discussed.