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Tex. Oat Improvement . To (l) develop or discover new varieties 



of oats superior to present varieties, and adapted to production 

 of grain, forage or a combination of the two from fall or spring 

 seeding, (2) study cold resistance or tolerance of varieties 

 and strains, cooperate in testing hardiness of introduced strains 

 and study nature of winter hardiness in oats, (3) develop oat 

 varieties resistant to crown rust, stem rust, and Helminthosporium 

 blight, etc.; (4) study forage and feed quality characteristics 

 of oat varieties and strains under several environmental con- 

 ditions, and develop varieties especially adapted for grain, 

 winter pasture, hay or oat silage, (5) cooperate with Dept. of 

 Ent. in search for oat germ plasm resistant to greeribugs, etc.; 

 (6) cooperate in regional trials of yield, disease resistance, 

 insect resistance and winter hardiness, and development of 

 multiple factor genetic stocks, (?) conduct research to increase 

 knowledge of practical problems of the crop; study wild and 

 cultivated species related to common oats for characteristics 

 of value. 



Agron., PI. Physiol., PI. Path. 102?, Coop. ARS 



Va. Development of Oat Varieties Adapted to the Coastal Plains 



Region of Virginia. To develop (l) varieties of oats specifically 

 adapted in growth type bo eastern Virginia, high yielding, high 

 in grain quality as measured by bushel test weight, stiff 

 strawed, and resistant to major oat diseases of eastern Virginia; 

 (2) varieties which produce high forage yields for grazing in 

 fall and early spring, and are satisfactory for grazing pro- 

 duction either when properly grazed or not grazed; and (3) 

 varieties specifically adapted to high grain production when 

 planted in late winter. 

 Agron. 86052 



