“…The marker GMI_ES_CC4504_192 located at 30.1 cM on Mrg02, associated with DTF and PH in the present study, was strongly associated with heading date at 10 locations across 2 years using a diversity panel comprising of 635 oat lines (Bekele et al, ; Esvelt Klos et al, ). The same region was also linked with QTL influencing flowering time in two bi‐parental mapping populations, each having parents of southern oat origin (Sunstrum et al, ; Zimmer, Ubert, Pacheco, & Federizzi, ). Several loci contributing to variation in flowering were identified on Mrg02 using bi‐parental populations, at locations ranging from 29.1 to 34.1 cM and 71.6 to 85.2 cM (De Koeyer et al, ; Esvelt Klos et al, ; Holland, Portyanko, Hoffman, & Lee, ; Locatelli et al, ; Siripoonwiwat et al, ) and a candidate gene, VRN3 , the orthologue of HD1 in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) or FT in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.…”