Summary Data
Parentage is: Tack/Spurs Saber is an early maturing oat developed by the University of Illinois Agricultural Ex-periment Station. The pedigree of Saber is Tack/Spurs. Saber is about two days earlier than Jay and has the same heading date as Don. It is about 4cm shorter than Chaps. The test weight of Saber is very good and has been about 1.4lbs/bu higher than Jay and about 2.2 lbs/bu higher than Chaps. Saber is tolerant to BYDV with an average of 4.3 (0-9 scale, where 0=very tolerant) compared to 4.5 for Jay and Chaps. Saber is susceptible to loose smut and is moderately resistant to moderately susceptible to crown rust. Saber has light yellow kernels with kernel color similar to Ogle. Saber will be released as a public variety and PVP has been applied for.