UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
	in cooperation with
	STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
	Final Report of the
	COOPERATIVE UNIFORM EARLY OAT PERFORMANCE NURSERY
	FOR 2008
	Compiled by
	H.W. Rines, Research Geneticist
	H.L. Porter, Agricultural Research Technician
	This is a joint progress report of cooperative investigations
	underway in the State Agricultural Experiment Stations and
	Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
	containing preliminary data which have not been sufficiently
	confirmed to justify general release; interpretations may be
	modified with additional experimentation.  Confirmed results
	will be published through established channels.  The report is
	primarily a tool for use of cooperators and their official staffs
	and to those persons having direct and special interest in
	the development of agricultural research programs.
	This report includes data furnished by the State Agricultural
	Experiment Stations as well as by Agricultural Research Service
	and was compiled by Agricultural Research Service, United
	States Department of Agriculture.  The report is not intended
	for publication and should not be referred to in literature
	citations nor quoted in publicity or advertising.  Use of the
	data may be granted for certain purposes upon written request to
	the agency or agencies involved.
	Agricultural Research Service
	U.S. Department of Agriculture
	Midwest Area
	Plant Science Research Unit
	St. Paul, Minnesota