‘QualitEEE’ oats
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 13:12Quality has always been important when it comes to oats and oat research, and now we should consider oat 'qualitEEE' as well! The 'EEE' stands for 'Engage, Enable, and Evolve'.
On the Nature of things
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Mon, 05/30/2022 - 13:16Last week, the paper describing the sequencing of the hexaploid oat variety 'Sang', along with accessions of Avena longiglumis and A. insularis, was published in the journal 'Nature'. Congratulations to Nadia Kamal, Nikos Renhuldt, et al., for a fabulous achievement! A plain-language summary of the article was also published in 'Nature'.
From the concrete to the abstract
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Mon, 05/16/2022 - 14:23We have concrete word now that the new postdoc position in Melania Figueroa’s lab at CSIRO in Australia has been approved! The advertisement has been posted here. The successful applicant "will undertake research in preventing losses in oat production due to the impact of oat crown rust disease". The deadline for applications is June 13th.
To your health and that of our plants!
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Thu, 05/05/2022 - 13:10The first International Day of Plant Health will be Thursday, May 12th! One of the events planned is a webinar hosted by the FAO.
Oats are good for you, outside and in!
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 14:17We tend to consider oats as being mainly for food or feed purposes, but they’re good for other things as well – like ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. You can hear more about that at our next “Speaking of Oats…” (SOO) webinar, which will be held on Tuesday, April 26th, at 11:00 am EDT. Cark Maunsell, from Oat Cosmetics in the UK, will be our speaker, and you can register here.
IOC abstract submission deadline extended
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 06:34The abstract submission deadline for the International Oat Conference in Perth, Australia, this October has been extended to May 15th. The abstract templates and instructions for submission are on the OAT2022 website.
Looking forward to hearing about everyone’s work!
"Speaking of Oats..." and Oat Global
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Wed, 03/16/2022 - 05:49The next “Speaking of Oats…” webinar will be held this Thursday, March 17th, at 11:00 am EDT (UTC -4). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada oat breeder Weikai Yan will be discussing “Mega-environment analysis and breeding for mega-environment specific oat cultivars for Canada”.
Instead of a “to do” list…
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Wed, 03/02/2022 - 15:21How about a "Ta-da!" list? Let’s start with some actual “to do” items first, though.
“Speaking of Oats…” with Allan Rattey, InterGrain
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 09:06This is a reminder that our next “Speaking of Oats…” webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 22nd at 5:30 pm (17:30 hr) EST (UTC -5). Allan Rattey, from InterGrain, Australia, will talk to us about “Australian oat breeding at InterGrain: Building upon public-funded breeding successes”. Please register here. As always, you can check the time offset here.
"Speaking of" the whole oat value chain....
Submitted by Charlene Wight on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 13:42Many meetings continue to be modified or cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Please continue to check the calendar for updates. (And let me know if I’ve missed something!)
For those of you interested in organic oat supply chains, Canadian Organic Growers is presenting a webinar that might be of interest this Friday, February 11th, at noon EST (UTC -5).
