The article “Distribution and biomorphological assessment of wild oat (Avena L.) populations in Azerbaijan”, co-authored by professor Aydin Askerov, Head of the Department of Systematics and Phylogeny of Higher Plants at the Institute of Botany, MSERA, Doctor of Biological Sciences, was published in the Yuzuncu Yil University Journal of Agricultural Sciences  (Tübitak), which is included in the Scopus scientific database.

The article discusses the study of the biomorphological characteristics and distribution of wild oat (Avena L.) species in Azerbaijan. As part of the research, biomorphological assessments were conducted on 10 species of oat collected from various regions of Azerbaijan, 29 quantitative and 16 qualitative indicators were recorded, and ecogeographic and phytocenological characteristics were also studied. A total of 230 herbarium specimens and seed material were collected during expeditions conducted along 50 routes covering all botanical and geographical regions of the country during 2019–2024. A distribution map of the species was compiled and geographical coordinates were recorded. As a result of the study, it was found that populations of the oat species are more widespread in botanical-geographical regions such as Absheron and the Kura-Araz lowland. Geobotanical and floristic studies show that oat species are widely distributed in mixed grass-legume plant communities, xerophilous shrub associations, forb vegetation, roadsides, cultivated fields, meadows, and coastal sandbanks. As a result of cluster analysis, it was determined that the species of this genus are divided into two main groups based on morphological characteristics. Group I includes species belonging to subsection Aristulatae Malz., and group II includes species belonging to subsection Denticulatae Malz.