They grow and grow and when fully grown, make plants of their own. We call this a ‘life cycle’ because it happens over and over again. For flowering plants, this cycle begins with a seed.

Fall-planted grains such as winter wheat, rye, and barley will not ... s cold temperatures are a crucial part of so many plants’ life cycles.

wheat stem sawflies spend most of their life cycle within the stem of a wheat plant, Ermatinger said. That means that seeing their damage from the outside is much more difficult than with other pests.