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The role of oats in the human nutrition mainly depends on the contribution both of good biological value proteins and dietary fibre high level, without disregarding other important components as unsaturated lipids.
In this study, included in a more large research planned to evaluate sources of variation in oat grain nutritional components by testing various agronomical conditions and different genotypes, five cultivars of oats (naked and husked) were grown in low input systems in two seeding seasons and the dietary fibre content (TDF and β-glucan) was monitored.
The statistical analysis revealed significant differences among the cultivars and the growth conditions, in particular the use of normal chemical control of weed seemed favour the dietary fibre accumulation. No significant effects of seeding season were evidenced even if significant genotype x seeding season interactions for all examined parameters were found.
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Sgrulletta, D., De Stefanis, E., Scalfati, G. et al. Variability of Dietary Fibre Content (T.D.F. and B-Glucan) for OAT Cultivars (A.Sativa S.P.) in Low input Growing Conditions. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 32, 127–134 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03543290
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