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Screening of Avena sativa cultivars for iron, zinc, manganese, protein and oil content and fatty acid composition in whole grains

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The common oat (Avena sativa L.) is an excellent source of nutritional compounds. The objectives of this study were: (1) to identify oat accessions cultivated in Russia with high nutritive values of grain components, including iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), protein, oil and fatty acids, and (2) to determine how the measured components are interrelated. Fifty oat accessions from the Russian germplasm collection held at the Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources were characterized. Considerable genetic variation appeared to exist in almost all nutritional contents among genotypes grown in the same environment. Genotypic variations for seed Fe and Zn were moderate (1.9–2.7-fold), while those for Mn were relatively high (10.5-fold). A 1.8-fold variation between the lowest (10.9%) and highest (19.3%) protein content in the oat grain was found. High variation in oil content (2.7–8.1%) was found among the 50 cultivated oat accessions. Major fatty acids in oat oil were linoleic (C18:2) and oleic (C18:1) acids with higher C18:2 than C18:1 in all accessions. Oil, oleic acid, protein and Zn content show a positive correlation. The identified oat cultivars with high nutritive values would be promising for breeding programs and for providing important nutrient sources for human consumption.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation Project No. 14-16-00072. We are grateful to Dr. A. Diederichsen (PGRC, Canada) for critical reading of the manuscript. We thank the anonymous referees for their comments and suggestions that led to the improvement of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Nab., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034

    N. P. Bityutskii, I. Loskutov & K. Yakkonen

  2. Department of Genetic Resources of Oat, Barley, Rye, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000

    I. Loskutov & E. Blinova

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000

    A. Konarev, T. Shelenga & V. Khoreva

  4. Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Nab., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034

    A. Ryumin

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Bityutskii, N.P., Loskutov, I., Yakkonen, K. et al. Screening of Avena sativa cultivars for iron, zinc, manganese, protein and oil content and fatty acid composition in whole grains. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 48, 87–94 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-019-00002-2

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