Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum, also called California Club Wheat or Mayview wheat, is an extinct subspecies of the hexaploid club wheat Triticum compactum. "T. compactum erinaceum" was a bearded, hairy rachis, red-chaffed wheat named for its appearance similar to that of a hedgehog. "T. compactum erinaceum" was thought to have disappeared before 1822. However data from the United States Department of Agriculture indicates two additional specimen that were discovered and identified as "T. compactum erinaceum" more than a hundred years after their presumed disappearance. The new specimen indicate that "T. compactum erinaceum" was grown in the United States
Cereal leaf beetle is when about 50% of the eggs have hatched. An alternative is spraying when the adults are laying their eggs, which is also shown to be effective. <br> Cereal leaf beetle The cereal leaf beetle ("Oulema melanopus") is a significant crop pest, described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. One generation of this beetle is produced a year. Adults feed before winter and spend most of their overwintering time in protected areas such as wind rows, crop stubble, and tree bark crevices. Adults mate once the temperature warms to above 9–10 degrees Celsius (or 44.6 degrees F) and females have a