UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

in cooperation with

STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS

Report of the

COOPERATIVE UNIFORM EARLY OAT PERFORMANCE NURSERY

FOR 2004

Compiled by

R.P. Halstead, Agricultural Research Technician

H.W. Rines, Research Geneticist

This is a joint progress report of cooperative investigations

underway in the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and

Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

containing preliminary data which have not been sufficiently

confirmed to justify general release; interpretations may be

modified with additional experimentation.  Confirmed results

will be published through established channels.  The report is

primarily a tool for use of cooperators and their official staffs

and to those persons having direct and special interest in

the development of agricultural research programs.

This report includes data furnished by the State Agricultural

Experiment Stations as well as by Agricultural Research Service

and was compiled by Agricultural Research Service, United

States Department of Agriculture.  The report is not intended

for publication and should not be referred to in literature

citations nor quoted in publicity or advertising.  Use of the

data may be granted for certain purposes upon written request

the agency or agencies involved.

Agricultural Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Midwest Area

Plant Science Research Unit

St. Paul, Minnesota