Digital Engineering, Aviva Plc, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3NS, U.K. School of Computing Sciences, University East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, U.K.

The oat (Avena sativa L.) belongs to the Poaceae family (Cronquist 1988). It is a grass with double purpose, i.e. grain and forage production, being used for human consumption and animal feed. It is ...