OzOat Diversity Panel: A Global Genome-to-Phenome Resource for Oat Breeding

The OzOat diversity panel is a curated collection of approximately 319 oat accessions representing global genetic diversity and the breeding history of Australian oats. The panel spans material from historical landraces (circa 1892) to modern cultivars, including key international introductions and donor lines. Designed to maximise recombination and capture broad phenotypic diversity, the OzOat panel underpins gene discovery and marker development for a wide range of traits. High-density SNP genotyping, transcriptome sequencing, and curated pedigree information provide a powerful genome-to-phenome platform for accelerating genetic discovery and breeding innovation. Combined these resources enable the development of oat varieties with improved resilience, productivity, and quality tailored to Australian farming systems. Links to genomic, pedigree, and marker–trait association datasets generated as part of the GRDC project: Optimising genetic control of oat phenology for Australia (CSP2007-002RTX) are provided within this DAP entry.