Editing Inflorescence (section)

==== Environmental influences ====
Inflorescence-feeding insect herbivores shape inflorescences by reducing lifetime fitness (how much flowering occurs), seed production by the inflorescences, and plant density, among other traits.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Louda|first1=Svata M.|last2=Potvin|first2=Martha A.|date=1995-01-01|title=Effect of Inflorescence-Feeding Insects on the Demography and Lifetime of a Native Plant|journal=Ecology|language=en|volume=76|issue=1|pages=229–245|doi=10.2307/1940645|issn=1939-9170|jstor=1940645|bibcode=1995Ecol...76..229L }}</ref> In the absence of these herbivores, inflorescences usually produce more flower heads and seeds.<ref name=":2" /> Temperature can also variably shape inflorescence development. High temperatures can impair the proper development of flower buds or delay bud development in certain species, while in others an increase in temperature can hasten inflorescence development.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Moss|first=G|date=27 November 2015|title=Influence of Temperature and Photoperiod on Flower Induction and Inflorescence Development in Sweet Orange (Citrus Sinensis L. Osbeck)|journal=Journal of Horticultural Sciences|volume=44|issue=4|pages=311–320|doi=10.1080/00221589.1969.11514314}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bjorkman|first1=T.|last2=Pearson|first2=K. J.|date=1998-01-01|title=High temperature arrest of inflorescence development in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.)|journal=Journal of Experimental Botany|language=en|volume=49|issue=318|pages=101–106|doi=10.1093/jxb/49.318.101|issn=0022-0957|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=BREWSTER|first=J. L.|date=1983-04-01|title=Effects of Photoperiod, Nitrogen Nutrition and Temperature on Inflorescence Initiation and Development in Onion (Allium cepa L.)|journal=Annals of Botany|language=en|volume=51|issue=4|pages=429–440|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086487|issn=0305-7364}}</ref>