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
II.
Policies
and Procedures
C.
Release Procedures
2. Selections from segregating material
A. South American Oat Research Review 1998 – Sam Weaver
B.
Integrated Oat Research Program – Quaker Team
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