An Overview of Breeding Objectives to Improve the Economically Important Traits in Oat

The history of the modern oat may be traced to its intergeneric contamination wheat and barley in southwest Asia, particularly Mesopotamia due use only forage crop rather than a staple food most countries it’s been neglected. There are just few economically cultivated species this self-pollinated crop, including A. sativa, nuda, byzantina. After rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, production comes at number six terms (FAO 2019). present review was undertaken order address scenario oats utilization consideration research. work majorly focussed β glucan (due nutritional status) disease resistance (majorly powdery mildew, pyrenophora leaf spot crown rust) throughout world but some drawbacks is that usually neglected because limited as value also hexaploid nature. different breeding methods employed till date for improvement described chapter viz, traditional methods, diversity studies, mapping strategies, Marker aided Association mapping, Genomic assisted etc. Some qtls mapped by various researchers traits listed article. Apart from these novel techniques which still lacking has much scope now get it utilized through programmes like other cereal crops.