New oat varieties bred at IBERS added to UK Government's Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette

Impact summary

The Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette, a statutory government body, publishes an approved UK list of seeds to assist farmers and growers to select the best varieties. Developed by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, the new spring husked oat Nova, winter naked oat Avalon, and winter husked oats Rannoch and Harris have been added to the Gazette for 2024 due to their high yield and grain quality characteristics. Nova is a high yielding high quality spring husked oat with excellent disease resistance. Nova, Rannoch and Avalon have also been entered into the first year of Recommended List trials.

Beneficiaries

Farmers, consumers.

Other information

https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2024/03/title-269339-en.html

https://www.aber.ac.uk/cy/news/archive/2024/03/title-269339-cy.html

Impact status	Complete
Impact date	Feb 2024
Category of impact	Economy, commerce and organisations, Production and food security
Impact level	Adoption