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Germination
Diagrams and pictures
Early growth and tillering
Stem elongation
Wheat apex development
Flowering and fertilisation
Pollen release
Grain growth 1 to 4 days
Grain growth 4 to 10 days
Cell layers inside a grain
Grain filling 11 to 16 days
Grain filling 17 to 21 days
Grain filling 21 to 30 days
Development of the embryo
Dry down 30 to 40 days
How we grew the plants
Photography and microscopy
DAYS
= days after flowering
Fully imbibed grain just before the
embryo
emerges. After planting the grain quickly takes up water and the chemical processes of germination start.
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