
%0 Journal Article
%A Quail, PH 
%A Carter, OG 
%T Dormancy in seeds of <I>Avena ludoviciana</I> and <I>A. fatua</I>
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1969/02/01
%V 20
%N 1
%P 1-11
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9690001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9690001 
%X Seeds of Avena ludoviciana after-ripened more rapidly with increasing temperatures up to 30&#176;C and with increasing relative humidities between 16 and 100&#37;. In continuous light, these seeds after-ripened more rapidly than in the dark. Seeds of different species and strains of wild oats after-ripened at different rates; primary seeds after-ripened more rapidly than secondary. One week after anthesis 60&#37; of the viable primary seeds of A. ludoviciana were dormant, compared with 100&#37; at maturity. The importance of these findings to studies on the physiology of dormancy and to the control of wild oats in the field is discussed. 
