Japanese oats

Japanese oats (Avena strigosa) is a cereal crop which has excellent early vigour and flowers relatively early. This crop can produce high amounts of biomass in a relatively short period of time after drilling. Specific varieties are non-host to the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. In general, the crop is a good host to root knot nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi. Japanese oats is frost susceptible.

¹ Based on moderate climate zone (North-West and Central Europa)