BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Triticum aestivum L. (Bread Wheat)

Suggested Literature

Triticum aestivum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Triticum aestivum:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Zabrus tenebrioides - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Phalacrus corruscus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Helophorus nubilus - Wheat Mud Beetle (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence is spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowed areas]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by linear, mainly epiphyllous uredium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowed areas]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowed areas]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza mobilis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem (live) live stem is spotted by mycelium Rhizoctonia cerealis - a basidiomycete (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) UK/Ireland Etheridge, J.V., Davey, L. & Christian, D.G., 2001 [Causes Sharp Eyespot disease on Winter Wheat]
stem (live) live stem is spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowed areas]
stem stem may contain larva Cephus pygmeus - Wheat Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1951
stem stem may contain larva Trachelus tabidus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1951

Triticum aestivum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Triticum
(wheats)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Etheridge, J.V., Davey, L. & Christian, D.G., 2001 First report of Rhizoctonia cerealis causing sharp eyespot in Panicum virgatum in the UK
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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