http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e06.htm
relevant bit below.
Basically the experts say that wheat kernel number is pretty much defined by 10 days after flowering.
Ive posted all this before and its readily available on the net.
Whether you accept it or not is up to you but IMO its the reason they stopped the trial as wheat yield is basically set around flowering......which the wheat in the photo's GPP put up were. DB