Introduction to VIR's oat collection: documentation, characterization and evaluation

Loskutov, I.

The Avena collection of the Vavilov Institute contains 14 123 accessions (12 144 representing cultivars and landraces of 4 cultivated species, and 1979 representing 21 wild and weedy species). Avena genetic resources activities undertaken by the Institute include: collection; classification of species in the genus Avena; identification of duplicates; and computerization of passport and evaluation data.