Vol. 12, Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Piyusha Singh, Shambhoo Prasad, Ajeet Kumar Gupta, Jay Singh, Rishabh Gupta and Javed

Abstract:
Plant breeding has enormous potential to modify crop to produce new outcomes. Earlier, much effort has been devoted to enhance grain yield and improving agronomic as well as desirable characters and resistance to diseases, but, increasingly, breeders have the opportunity to alter chemical and technological qualities to meet new demands. Forage crop i.e., oat have nutritional potential to climate resilient crop. Traditionally, the oat crop (Avena sativa) has been neglected in a various respect, it cultivated in those cropping areas where less chance for wheat, barley or maize cultivation. In recent years the interest in oats has increased, particularly due its dietary benefits and therapeutic potential for human health. The oat considered as unique and more advantageous hen the other cereals as it contains valuable nutrients that us useful for human health, due to these it has been studying and reported for it importance as well as opens new markets for the oats. Despite its well-documented benefits, oats are still in a fragile state for a number of reasons. The cultivated area of ​​oats is much smaller compared to other cereals, and therefore there are also smaller investments in oat processing. Lack of visible market competitiveness and some biological disadvantages of oats, including low grain yield, keep oats as a less profitable side crop. So more oats yield and quality improved are need, which is possible through crossbreeding technology.