“Wheat stem”

The following 4 entries include the term Wheat stem.

European wheat stem sawfly

noun

: a sawfly (Cephus pygmaeus) native to Europe but now widespread in grain-growing areas that has larvae which bore in the stalks of growing wheat and other small grains

wheat stem maggot

noun

: a maggot that is the larva of a small pale yellow black-striped fly (Meromyza americana) of the family Chloropidae and that bores in the stems of wheat and other cereals

wheat stem rust

noun

wheat stem sawfly

noun

: a North American sawfly (Cephus cinctus) having larvae that bore in the stems of wheat and other small grains causing great loss of crop


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