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Effects of Dehulling Seed and of Date of Seeding on Germination and Smut Infection in Oats 1
Author(s) -
Bayles B. B.,
Coffman F. A.
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1929.00021962002100010005x
Subject(s) - germination , smut , agriculture , agronomy , agricultural science , biology , horticulture , ecology
In studies of the inheritance of resistance of oats to smut it is desirable to obtain the heaviest possible infection. Smut infection from inoculated seed in hulled oat varieties frequently is insufficient to permit a satisfactory interpretation of the inheritance of resistance. The experiments reported in this paper were conducted on the Sherman County Branch Station at Moro, Oreg., in ~925 and ~926. Their object was to study the effect of removing the hull from the oat kernel and of the date of seeding on the germination of the seed. The results of previous investigations have shown that these factors may have considerable influence on the percentage of smut-infected plants in the crop. REVIEW OF LITERATURE