Evaluation Commonly Grown Barley, Spring Wheat and Winter Wheat Cultivars for Post Harvest Seed Dormancy

Abstract

This report Identifies those barley and wheat cultivars with higher or lower levels of post harvest seed dormancy. Knowledge of the relative post harvest dormancy of barley and wheat cultivars can be instrumental in variety selection by growers and by grain buyers. The 2012 post harvest dormancy assessments were conducted on barley, winter wheat next, and spring wheat last. The species sequence is the order in which post harvest dormancy breaks down.