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Title: REPORT OF THE COOPERATIVE UNIFORM MIDSEASON OAT PERFORMANCE NURSERY FOR 2004

Author
item HALSTEAD, RICHARD - RETIRED ARS EMPLOYEE
item Rines, Howard

Submitted to: Cooperative Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/15/2005
Publication Date: 6/15/2005
Citation: Halstead, R.P., Rines, H.W. 2005. Report of the Cooperative Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery for 2004. Cooperative Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery Report. 32 p.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Cooperative Regional Performance Nursery data are presented and summarized for entries in the 2004 Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery. The entries included 27 experimental lines from 8 public oat breeding programs plus 5 long-term check cultivars. The nursery was grown at 18 locations in 10 States and 3 Canadian Provinces. Evaluation of performance of elite lines across the wide range of environments aids the cooperators to identify potential cultivar releases and germplasm for use in new crosses. The nursery mean yield of 133.6 bu/A in 2004 was up 12.5% from the nursery mean yield of 118.7 bu/A in 2003. Multiple location data are presented for seed quality traits including test weight, groat percentage, and protein, beta-glucan and oil contents; for several disease reactions including rusts, smut, and barley yellow dwarf virus; and for various agronomic traits including yield, maturity date, and lodging resistance. Data from the Nursery will be posted on the Graingenes web site. Posted will be summary tables for all traits and location data for yield, test weight, and disease reactions. The web site address is http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/UE-MOPN.html.