OBSOLETE 7-8 fruit formation and maturation true double fertilization in maize (related) 6 post-flowering/lag phase in maize (related) PO:0007035 C-embryo stage in rice (related) post-flowering in maize (related) 5.4 fertilization in maize (related) 5.3 pollination in maize (related) first silique shattered (related) R1in maize (related) effective filling period in maize (related) lag phase in maize (related) 7-8 Fruit Formation and Maturation in soybean (related) 7 linear grain-filling in maize (related) 06-post-flowering in maize (related) proembryo in maize (related) BBCH principal growth stage 7 (related) plant_structure_development_stage We have chosen to use fruit size as a marker of these physiological processes to represent the whole plant growth stage. kernel watery ripe (related) 7 Pod Formation in soybean (related) grain-filling in maize (related) 7.01-blister stage in maize (related) OBSOLETE. This stage refers to the developmental and physiological changes that occur in the whole plant after fertilization and during fruit development, maturation, and provisioning.