ANNUAL REPORT

QUAKER INTERNATIONAL OAT NURSERY - 1998

  

 

D.D. Stuthman, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota

R.D. Barnett, North Florida Research and Education Center, Univ. of Florida

Romulo Trombetta, Quaker Agronomist, South America

S.H. Weaver, Principal Scientist, Grain Improvement, The Quaker Oats Co.

Luiz Federizzi, Professor of Agronomy, Federal Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Darrell Wesenberg, USDA, ARS, Aberdeen, Idaho

 

 

 

In cooperation with several

State Agricultural Experiment Stations

and the

United States Department of Agriculture

 

Grateful acknowledgment is made for research funding from the Quaker Oats Company - International; for facilities provided by the North Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at Quincy, and the Agronomy Department, University of Florida; for facilities provided by the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station and the Department of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison; for facilities provided by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul; and for seed increases and growouts provided by the USDA, ARS, small grains group at Aberdeen, Idaho. We also express our sincere thanks to all cooperators who provided germplasm, grew nurseries, and/or collected data for this report.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
1998 Quaker Report

  Title Page

I.       Introduction

II.          Policies and Procedures

         A.  Utilization Policy

         B.  Oat Workers Code

C.  Release Procedures

                  1.  Pure lines

                  2.  Selections from segregating material

III.        General Reports and Proposals for 1998

A.    South American Oat Research Review 1998 – Sam Weaver

B.    Integrated Oat Research Program – Quaker Team

C.    Proposal for Rust Team

IV.       Nursery Reports for 1998

A.    Master Entry List

B.     Quaker Teams and Itinerary

C.     Site Reports (Map of South America with primary nursery locations identified)

                  1.  Brazil

2.  Uruguay

3.  Argentina

4.  Chile

5.  Wisconsin

6.  Florida

            D.    Crown Rust Reaction Summaries

1.  All pure lines at all test sites

2.  Selected “Crown Rust Resistant” lines with minimal resistance at each test site

V.         Concluding Remarks