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A shortcut to oat data in GrainGenes and elsewhere

Meetings and newsletters

8th International Oat Conference
28 June - 2 July, 2008, Minneapolis MN, USA
Deadline for titles of papers and posters: 30 March
Discussion of oat markers, PAG-XV, January 2007
2006 American Oat Workers Conference, Fargo ND
- Abstracts, from Doug Doehlert
- Proceedings, from Jean-Luc Jannink
- Photos of participants, by Steve Harrison
- Program, including posters.
Oat Newsletter

Markers and maps

SSR polymorphism in A. sterilis, from Yong-Bi Fu.
Inventory of oat markers, from Howard Rines and Nick Tinker.
PCR-based markers being tested for oat mapping.
Additional oat markers, from Howard Rines.
Oatgenes Database, from Charlene Wight and Diane Bergeron.
Integrated maps and QTLs from many mapping populations.
GELATO, from Diane Bergeron and Nick Tinker.
Graphical views of marker allele sizes in oat lines.
CNL and KSUM EST-SSRs, from Ju-Kyung Yu et al.
Tested on wheat, barley, rice, maize and sorghum.

Germplasm and characterization

International Oat Worker's Code of Ethics For Oat Germplasm Exchange
POOL, Pedigrees of Oat Lines, from Jitka Deyl and Nick Tinker.
18000 germplasm records.
Uniform Early and Midseason Oat Performance Nurseries, from U. Minnesota.
Performance data from state agricultural experiment stations and USDA, 1996 - date.
- Searchable data, in the GrainGenes Database
- Spring oat cultivar releases from the UE-MOPN nurseries
EADB, European Avena Database, BAZ Genebank, Braunschweig, DE.
Passport, characterisation and evaluation data, 32000 oat accessions.

Other

"oatmail" mailgroup, operated by Nick Tinker and Charlene Wight.
Current members of the oatmail group.
Background on oat, in Wikipedia