Resumen

BERATTO M., Edmundo  y  RIVAS P., Rudy. Areco INIA, a Chilean oat cultivar for forage production in Argentina. Agric. Téc. [online]. 2003, vol.63, n.2, pp.212-215. ISSN 0365-2807.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0365-28072003000200011.

Areco INIA is a new alternative oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar for forage production in Argentina. It was obtained from a cross between the advanced lines AVE 85.103 and AVE 78.106 carried out in 1987 at the Carillanca Regional Research Center, of the National Agricultural Research Institute, located near Temuco, Chile. In Chile, Areco INIA has been included in yield trials since 1995. In Argentina, it has been evaluated mainly for forage production in 1998 and 1999 in Lujan, and for disease reactions in Lujan and Chacabuco (Buenos Aires Province) and Maciel (Santa Fe Province), by Trigen Seed Services LLC (TGSS). Areco INIA has good resistance to the most common oat diseases in Argentina, and it is comparable or superior to other oat cultivars in that country.

Palabras clave : Avena sativa L; alternative oat; forage; disease.