Characteristics of Oat Cultivars Grown in California

Table 8. Characteristics of Oat Cultivars Grown in California.

						SUSCEPTIBILITIES²
Cultivar	Maturity	Plant Height	Stem Fineness	Straw Strength	Planting Date: Growing Areas¹	Barley Yellow Dwarf	Stem Rust	Crown Rust	Barley Root-Knot Nematode	Stem and Bulb Nematode
Ajay	Late	Short	-	Good	Spring: 5	-	-	-	-	-
Bates 89	Late	Tall	Fine	Fair	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	MR	R	MR	-	-
California Red	Late	Tall	Fine	Poor	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	S	S	MS	S	S
Cayuse	Late	Tall	Coarse	Fair	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4; Spring: 5	MS	R	MS	R	R
Curt	Early	Very short	Fine	Poor	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	S	MR	S	R	R
Kanota	Early	Tall	Fine	Poor	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	S	S	S	R	R
Monida	Medium	Tall	-	Good	Spring: 5	-	-	-	-	-
Montezuma	Early	Medium	Fine	Poor	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	S	S	S	S	S
Ogle	Medium Late	Tall	Coarse	Excellent	Spring: 5; Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	MR	R	R	-	-
Pert	Late	Short	Coarse	Excellent	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	MR	R	MS	-	-
Sierra	Medium early	Tall	Coarse	Fair	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	S	S	S	S	S
Swan	Medium early	Tall	Medium	Good	Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4	MR	S	S	S	-
1 = Sacramento Valley and Delta, 2 = San Joaquin Valley, 3 = coastal, 4 = southern desert valleys, 5 = Intermountain region. R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, MS = moderately susceptible, S = susceptible, — = no information Revised 7/99