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 case highlights Mike Gilliland, who built a single organic foods store in 1987 in Boulder, Colorado, into Wild Oats Markets, a chain of natural foods stores that by 2001 had annual sales of $1 ...

Experiments were conducted in the field and laboratory from 1978 to 1981 to determine the effect of crop residues, manure, and inorganic nitrogen on wild oat (Avena fatua L. # AVEFA) seed (seed as ...

To the ancient Hebrews, the grain rust that so often attacked their crops was nothing less than God’s punishment for their sins. The Romans, who knew the same agricultural scourge, placed a special ...

A study was initiated in 2001 at four locations in western Canada to investigate an integrated approach to managing wild oat, the region's worst weed. The study examined the effects of combining ...

Like crab grass in a suburban lawn, wild oats in a field of wheat are an insidious pest. The stubborn weed looks like wheat, grows like wheat, and is so closely related to wheat that neither ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in Central Ohio. After all of the fresh, new green shoots of spring, the ...

KALISPELL - Seed size matters when it comes to wheat, said a Montana Agricultural Experiment Station weed scientist. Larger wheat seeds produce a more competitive crop and help to suppress wild oats, ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has maintained a noxious weeds list for decades, but legislation enacted last fall created a Controlled Plants and Noxious Weeds Committee and sorted select ...