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- 1. an Old World grass which is related to the cultivated oat and is commonly found as a weed of other cereals.
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Wild oat, (genus Avena), genus of tufted annual grasses of the family Poaceae, native to Eurasia and Africa. Wild oats are sometimes cut for hay, and young plants provide forage for grazing animals. All species have edible seeds, and domesticated oats (Avena sativa) are an important cereal crop in.
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Avena fatua is a species of grass in the oat genus. It is known as the common wild oat. This oat is native to Eurasia but it has been introduced to most of the other temperate regions of the world.
Wild oat is a common contaminant of most grain crop seed, and even a low percentage contamination can result in planting thousands of wild oat seeds per acre. Although less than 1% of wild oat mill screenings fed to cattle pass unharmed into the manure, this can still be an enormous number of seeds.
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Wild oats have a large ligule with no auricles and the leaves tend to be hairy with a slight bluish hue. The emerging leaf is rolled. The seedling leaves are twisted anticlockwise, the opposite direction to wheat and barley. Wild oat seeds are usually dark but can vary through to cream. Hairiness of seeds also varies. Wild oats tend to grow in disc...
Opening autumn rains encourage germination of 40% of wild oat seeds, with a further 10-30% germinating later during the season. Direct drilling retains most wild oat seed near the soil surface, resulting in a quicker seedbank turnover rate. Most of the seeds will emerge from the top 50-75 millimetres (mm) of soil. The half-life of wild oat seed is ...
The annual cost to the Australian wheat industry of wild oats during 1999 was estimated to be $80 million, with $60 million being spent on herbicides and their application and $20 million in lost yield. Wild oats are highly competitive and when left uncontrolled, can reduce wheat yields by up to 80%. Greatest yield loss occurs when the plants emerg...
Wild oat is considered a noxious weed in many parts of the world, having spread from Europe and Central and Southwest Asia to temperate areas worldwide. It was introduced to North America by early European settlers, and is now a common weed of seed crops.
Jun 27, 2018 · Wild oat (Avena sativa ) is a member of the grass family native to Scotland. There are approximately 25 varieties of the oat plants, and oat is now grown throughout the world. Avena sativa is the species that is used in herbal remedies. The mature seed of the oat plant is used as a cereal grain.
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