The oat cultivar breeding project has made significant contributions toward developing oats for the primary growing areas in South America. The release of new oat cultivars has contributed greatly toward the improved oat production & milling situation in Brazil, Argentina, & Chile. This report provides a detailed overview of this project in each of the countries & in the U.S. Includes policy for utilization of oat germplasm in the international oat nursery & cooperating oat improvement agencies; oat workers code of ethics for germplasm exchange; procedure for release of a Quaker nursery pure line as a local cultivar; & nursery reports for 1996.

Details the study of cultivating oats in developing countries, especially South America. Contents: special report on 2nd South American Oat Congress in Brazil in 1994; policy for utilization of oat germplasm in Quaker Oat International oat nurseries; oat workers code of ethics for germplasm exchange; procedures for release of materials from a Quaker nursery; nursery reports for 1994 -- Brazil, Argentina, Chile, & Bolivia. U.S. Charts & tables.

Background to fodder oats worldwide; Fodder oats; an overview; Fodder oats in North America; Fodder oats: an overview for South America; Fodder oats in the Maghreb; Fodder oats in Pakistan; Fodder oats in the Himalayas; Fodder oats in China; Fodder oats in New Zealand and Australia- history, production and potential; Fodder oats in Europe; Oat diseases and their control; Perspectives for fodder oats.