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Research Project: Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Yellow Dwarf Viruses

Location: Crop Production and Pest Control Research

Project Number: 5020-21220-014-025-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 22, 2025
End Date: Sep 21, 2026

Objective:
Introgress Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) tolerance and resistance genes into oat genetic backgrounds and develop DNA markers linked to these tolerance/resistance loci to facilitate oat breeding.

Approach:
This project will employ Genomic Selection (GS) and Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) to develop oat lines with enhanced resistance/tolerance to BYDV.