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Title: REPORT OF THE COOPERATIVE UNIFORM MIDSEASON OAT PERFORMANCE NURSERY FOR 1997

Author
item Halstead, Richard
item Rines, Howard

Submitted to: Cooperative Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/7/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Cooperative Regional Performance Nursery data are presented and summarized for entries in the 1997 Uniform Midseason Oat Performance Nursery. The entries included 29 experimental lines from 10 public and 1 private oat breeding programs plus 4 long term check cultivars. The nursery was grown at 20 locations in 14 States and 2 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 108.0 bu/A for 1997 is up 17.7% from the 91.7 bu/A yield of 1996 and up 13.9% from the 95.5 bu/A yield of 1995. 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. The data from the Nursery have bee added to the Graingenes web site. Currently posted are 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.