II.C.  PROCEDURE FOR RELEASE OF A QUAKER INTERNATIONAL OAT NURSERY PURE LINE AS A LOCAL CULTIVAR

(Revised December 1995)

The purpose of including pure lines in the Quaker International Oat Nursery is twofold: (1) 
to evaluate the lines for potential use as parents in combination with local cultivars and advanced test selections, and (2) to evaluate line performance for potential release as a cultivar.  In this latter case, where it has been determined that a particular line has had a superior performance and would make a worthy contribution as a cultivar, the following procedure should be followed:

(1)   Write to any member of the Quaker Team indicating your desire to release a specific
        line in your country or region.  Provide performance data for the line and for currently
        grown cultivars for comparison.

(2)    The Quaker Team member will forward the release request and the performance data to the breeder or current program leader at the station where the pure line originated.

(3)    The developer (owner) of the line will then make the final release decision, including any restrictions on country to country distribution of the seed.

(4)    The developer (owner) of the line will inform the Quaker Team member of the release decision.  Upon concurrence by all members of the Quaker  Team, the Quaker Team member will inform the applicant of the release decision.

(5)       If a royalty/research fee/licensing fee is associated with the distribution, production, or sale of a cultivar that originated as a Quaker International Oat Nursery pure line, a fund-sharing agreement must be negotiated with the owner of the original pure line.

(6)    An individual entry in the Quaker Nursery pure-line series may contain  one or more variants that differ from the base population in one or more traits, e.g., plant height, maturity, kernel color, reaction to disease, etc.  In accordance with the OAT WORKERS CODE OF ETHICS FOR GERMPLASM EXCHANGE, written permission must be obtained from the owner before such a variant or any other plant is selected from a line or cultivar.  If such a variant is selected, performance tested, and found worthy of release, permission to release must be obtained by following the same five steps outlined above.