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Factors Affecting Dormancy and Seedling Development in Wild Oats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thor Kommedahl,
James E. DeVay and
Clyde M. Christensen
Thor Kommedahl
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
James E. DeVay
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
Clyde M. Christensen
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Grains of wild oats (Avena fatua L.) may remain dormant in the soil for several years or even for decades. The reasons for this dormancy are not known, but various hypotheses have been advanced to explain it, such as that the hull acts as a barrier to oxygen (1,7), and that a toxic substance is present in the hull as in cultivated oats (5). The tests here reported were undertaken to further explore some aspects of the problem of dormancy in wild oats.

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Weeds , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1958, pp. 12 - 18
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Copyright © 1958 Weed Science Society of America 

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