In the cultivated wheat fields of the Mediterranean area, wild oats (Avena sterilis L.), is commonly found a weed, which competes with the wheat for soil nutrients, water and light. To study this ...

1. We report on a 3-year field study designed to monitor the detailed population dynamics of Anisantha sterilis in winter wheat, as well as to explore the consequences of changing broad-scale patterns ...

Each seed of the wild oat plant (Avena sterilis) is contained within a husk with two long arms known as sister awns, which protrude out to one end. When the seed lands on the soil after being released ...

The genus Avena, encompassing both wild and cultivated oat species, has long been a focus of genomic and cytogenetic research aimed at deciphering complex evolutionary histories and optimising ...

Farmers battling a wild oat problem are advised to check whether it’s the winter or spring type, before planning their strategy against the weed. While blackgrass gets all the attention, wild oats are ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avena Foods Limited, specialty miller of gluten-free pulse and Avena Purity Protocol oat ingredients in Western Canada, announces a new partnership with TheoryMesh ...

Infatti, ancora una volta è la natura ad ispirare l’evoluzione della scienza. «Ci siamo ispirati ai semi dell’avena, in particolare dell’Avena Sterilis, un seme che riesce a muoversi autonomamente sul ...

Direct-drilling winter cereals and getting the resultant crops well established in the autumn are key to control the rising problem of wild oats seen in the past two seasons. Wild oats have been ...

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