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Ntal f. jenSi::ll r.c~· t/ .... jJL.....r't 'Phl1\,.. Bwelj\ilg \Jm'~B!;.)t~ tif\;jea, New York 1962 OAT NEWSLETTER Vol. XIII The data presented here are not to be used in publications without the consent of the authors. April 1, 1963 Sponsored by the National Oat Conference 1962 OAT NEWSLETrER Vol. 13 Edited and multilithed in the Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Costs of preparation financed by the Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, Illinois. The data presented here are not to be used in publications without the consent of the authors. April 1, 1963 Sponsored by the National Oat Conference Neal r. Jensen, Editor Overseas contrib~tions - Foreign contribut@r~ ~r~ urged t@ anticipate the annual preparation of future new$l~tter~ and to $ubmit ~rticl~$ or notes to the editor at any time of the ye~r without waiting for the call for ~teri~l. Back issues - Back issue$ of the 1'60 and 1'61 New~letter$~ plu~ a few copies of certain earlier editions» are available on request. Literature section ~ A volunteer @r wolunteer~ ar~ needed t@ do an annual compila tion of literature on oats. At pre$ent a hmphazard 9 incomplete job is being done. A.ny volunteers? Plant breeding series - I1Procedures u~ed in th~ (QJ.i\t blLeeding project at Cornell University'! in this issue could be the fint in a ~ed.e!S written by different oat breeders. Is there a volunteer for the 1'63 Newsletter? Variety descriptions - The editor hm~ rea$on to believe that the Newsletter 1s occasionally used as a reference to furnish detail$ of information about recently released varieties. rreqlUlently~ thb inforID4\ti@n b of a fragmentary nature. Would oat breeders be willing to improve the New Variety ~e~tion, beginning with $eparate~ the 1'63 Neweletter 9 by submitting ., more complete description of each new variety which could be printed in this section? Newsletter dimensions - Our bookshelf show$ that the 12 volumes of the Oat News letter vary in size. Binding and trimming of the New$letter is "farmed out" and we had not thought to check this point. Perh.ps this just prO'll'e~ that we are truly an informal publication with & certified a~teur statU$. CONTENTS Page I. CONFERENCE AND REGIONAL NOTES aeport of the Secretary, by F. A. Coffman •••••••••••••••.••••••••••• 1 Th.oma.s Ray Stanton, 1885-1962 ,." ~ '" .. '" ,. ,. ,. ,. '" .... ,. ...... ,. .. ,. ,. ,. ,. ~. ,. ,. ... ,. 2 History of the National Oat Conference, by F .. A. Coffman •.•••••••••. 4 II. SPECIAL REPORTS "The 1962 Oat Crop" by H. C. Murphy •..••.......••...••....••••..•.•• 10 "Physiological Races of Oat Stem aust in the United States in 1962" by D. M. Stewart, R. V. Cotter and B. J. Roberts 11 "Procedures Used in the oat Breeding Project at Cornell University" by N. F. Jensen...................................... 12 "New Procedure for Registering Oat Varieties" by H. C. Murphy .•..••• 16 "An Early Gene From Wild oats" by C. A. Suneson •.•....•••••••••••••• 17 "Protein and Digestible Laboratory Nutrients in Oat Hay Irrigated with City Sewage Effluentll by A. D. Day, M. G. Vavich and Toe 0 Tucker ... ,.",. 0 ,. ,. •" " " " '" •• ,. ,. 1/1 • ,. .... ,. • I' It ,. • ,. ,. •• 0 .... ,. •• ,. • ,. •• ,. ,. •• ,. ,. ,. ,. 18 "Observations on Halo Blight in Virginia" by C. W. Roane and T,. M. Starling ,.,. '" ,. ",. ,. ... ,. ,. ,. ,. " . ,. .. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. .. ,. ,. ..... ,. ,. ,. ,. .. ,. .. ,. ,. ,. .. 19 "Increase Your Oat YieIds and Make Oats a High Profit Crop" by Dallas E.o Western ,..,."".,. .o,.,. •• ,. ••• ,. ..... ,.,..,.,. .. ,.,.,. .. .o.,. •• ,. •• ,. • .o.,. 20 "Guidelines for Distinguishing Crop Variety Names in Manuscripts" by H. C. Murphy ••...•.•..•.•••.••.......•••.••.••••• 22 "A Suggestion for Breeding Heat Tolerance Spring Oats" by E. J. Kinbacherand N. F. Jensen •••••••••.•••.•..•.••.••...•.• 23 "World Collection of Oats" by J. C. Craddock •...•.•...••.•••.•.•.. ~. 24 "A New Cereal Leaf Beetle in United States" by R. G. Dahms ••.•.••••• 24 "Puerto Rico oat Rust Nurseries, 1962-63" by H. C. Murphy and Marie Precht1 "",.,.,. 0 .. " • '" ,. ,. ,. ,. " " .,. ,. ,. ,. Go ,. • ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. '" ,. • ,. .. ,. ,. ,. ,. ••• ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. .. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. 25 I'Oat Smut" by C. S. Holton 0 ••• 00 ••••••••••••••••• ""........... 26 "First Year Report on The World oat Gene Bank" by N. F. Jensen •...•• 27 "Protecting oat Plots from Bird Damage" by H. ll. Klinck .••.••.••..•• 28 "Estimated Oat Disease Losses in the United States, 1951-1960" by H. C. Murphy and J. P. Meiners 62 TABLE OF CONTENTS (contDd) Page III. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES CANADA: Cereal Crops Division, Ottawa~ by F. J. Zillinsky, R. V. Clark and P. Dyck .••••••..•.••••••••••••.•••• 29 Dept. Agriculture Research Station, Winnipeg, Manitoba 9 by R. I. H. McKenzie 9 G. J. Green and ~ G0 Fleis lma.nn <) <) (I 0 .. • (I (I 0 (I (I I) (I • (I (I " (I (I • Q I) (I (I Cl • 0 (I (I (I (I 0 III (I • (I 0 30 Department of Plant Science~ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, by R. C. McGinnis ..........••.•••.•...••. 31 INDIA: Crown Rust in Indis 9 by B. L. Chona, I.A.R.I., New Delhi <> (I (I (I (I 0 (I (I 0 (I (I (I (I (I (I (I (I (I (I 0 (I 00" 0 (I <10 (I (I (I • (I (I (I Co (I (I • (I • (I (I • 31 JAPAN: Hokkaido National Agricultural Experiment Station, by Takeshi Kumagai and Seiji Tabata .••..•.••.•.•••. 32 NEW ZEALAND: Oat Breeding in New Zealand, by G. M. Wright 33 IV. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES: USDA AND STATES FLORIDA by Dale Sechler and W. H. Chapman (Quincy) .••..•.•.•• 35 GEORGIA by D. Do Morey (Tifton) ..•...•.•.•....•....•.•.•••.•• 35 IDAHO by Harland Stevens, F. C. Petr and R. M. Hayes (Aberdeen) Cl (I (I • (I (I (I (I (I (I " •• (I II (I (I • (I (I II " 0 (I (I " •• (I (I • (I (I (I • (I •• II • II 36 ILLINOIS by C. M. Brown, H. Jedlinski and G. H. Boewe (Urbana) /) I) (I (I (I ,) II (I II (I (I "• (I .. (I .. (I " 0 0 (I (I 0 (I •• CII II •• III ••• (I ••••••• 37 INDIANA by F. L. Patterson~ J. F. Schafer, R. M. Caldwell, L. E. Compton, H. F. Hodges, R. R. Mulvey, t. D. Teare, M. L. Swearingen, S. K. Gilbert and H. N. Lefever (Lafayette) ...•......••••........••.. 39 IOWA by K. J. Frey, J. A. Browning, M. D. Simons and K. Sadanaga (Ames) I> II (I. (I (I II • II I) (I II (I (I • I) ." (I I) • II (I (I ••• (10" II II • 40 KANSAS by E.G. Heyne, J. Lofgren, C. o. Johnston, L. Browder, Eo Go Hansing 9 Ro Livers, W. L. Fowler, M. Urich and W. Sill, Jr. (Manhattan) .•• 0 •••••••••• 43 KENTUCKY by J. F. Shane and H. R. Richards . 44 MICHIGAN by J. E. Grafius and A. H. Ellingboe (East Lansing) 45 MINNESOTA by W. M. Myers 9 R. E. Anderson, R. A. Kleese, L. L. Pointer, M. B. Moore and B. J. Roberts (St. Paul) . 0 (I 0 II 9 0 II . 45 MISSISSIPPI by D. H. Bowman and P. G. Rothman (Stoneville) .•..••• 46 MISSOURI by J. M. Poehlman, C. F. Hayward, P. H. Hoskins, To D. wyllie, Carl Hayward and Arnold Matson •...•.• 47 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cant'd) Page NEW YORK by N. F. Jensen, G. C. Kent, E. J. Kinbacher, W. F. Rochow, and L. J. Tyler (Ithaca) •••.....•••.• 47 NO~TH DAKOTA by D. C. Ebe1toft and G. S. Smith (Fargo) •.•••.•...• 48 OHIO by D. A. Ray (Columbus) ..•.•.•••.•.•....•••.••••.•••• 49 PENNSYLVANIA by H. G. Marshall (University Park) ••••••••.•.••••••• 51 TENNESSEE by E. L. 8mith (Knoxvi11e) .•••••...••.•..••..•••••••. 52 TEXAS by I. M. Atkins, P. E. Paw1isch, J. H. Gardenhire, K. B. Porter, D. Peier, J. R. Justin and ~ Mite. Futre11 0 ••••••••••••••••••••• 53 UTAH by R. W. Woodward (Logan) 54 WISCONSIN by H. L. Shands (Madison) 55 V. NEW OAT VARIETIES a) List ••••••••••••••• It •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 57 Descriptiv~ b) list It ••••••••••••••••• 57 VI. C.I. NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO OATS DURING 1962 by J. C. Craddock (Be Itsvi11e) •••••••.•.•••••.•...••••••••••••••• 58 VII. PUBLICATIONS .~O •• O •••• O •• O'l) •••••••••••• O •• O •••••••••• O ••••••••••••• 63 VIII. MAILING LIST 00 •• 0 •• 00 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 66 10 CONFERENCE AND REGIONAL NOTES *** Secretary°$ Report - National Oat Conference *** The one meeting of the Exe~utive C~ittee of the National Oat Conference held in 1'62 W&~ reported in the 1'61 Oat Newaletter (March 1» 1'62~ Vol. XII, pp. 1-2). Several regio~l meetingB of oat workers were held ~t Gainesville, Florida, January 23-25, 1'62 at which some ©hanges in region~1. re~~esent.tive8 to the National CODDittee were made. Late in 1'61 and early in 1'6~ ~n ele©tion W~~ h~!d by mail ballot and John E. Grafius was elected Chairman to su©©eed W, H. Chap~n, It is expected that Dr. Grafius will serve ~ntil after the next National Oat Conf~rence$ the date for which has not been determined. As of January, lL'63 the penonnelL of the Exeteutive CO'iDlIlittee of the National Oat Conference is as follows~ L~nd, Northeastern Region Stewe N., F 0 Jensen North Central Region C. M, Brown, John Eo Grafiu8 (Chairman of National Conference) and Dille A. R.l,y Western Region Harland St~vens and Calvin Konzak Southern Region W. P. Byrd and Ch~s. F. Murphy Cereal Iranch representlltive L. Ao tatum Oat Section representative H. C. Murphy Editor of Oat NewsletteT Neill Po Jensen Secretary Franklin Ao Coffman (Retired) During the year Vol. 12 of the Oat Newsletter was received. This publication is assembled and edited by Neal F. Jensen and the procelsing is done at Cornell University. The preparation of the publication is doubtless time consuming. The cost of this publication has for years been borne by the Quaker Oats Company of Chicago of which Dallas Eo Western is a director, The oat scientists of America are much indebted and very grateful to these men and these institutions for those copies of the Oat News letter they receive each year, The secretary of the National Oat Conference Committee, because of his retire ment from the U.S.D.A.