Awn formation in cereal crops (IMAGE)

Okayama University

Awn formation in cereal crops

Caption

Needle-like structures known as awns formed at the tip of cereal grains. The figure shows awn formation in (A) Barley, (B) Wheat, (C) Sorghum. (D) Awned (left) and awnless (right) florets of sorghum cultivar used in this study.

Credit

Wataru Sakamoto from Okayama University

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