(1) Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Gteborg University, Box 462, 403 20 Gteborg, Sweden;(2) Department of Computer Science, Hgskolan i Skvde, Box 408, 541 28 Skvde, Sweden
Abstract:
Background
Oat is an important crop in North America and northern Europe. In Scandinavia, yields are limited by the fact that oat cannot
be used as a winter crop. In order to develop such a crop, more knowledge about mechanisms of cold tolerance in oat is required.