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- Title
POSSIBILITIES TO GROW OATS FOR FOOD IN LATVIA.
- Authors
S., Zute; M., Gruntiņa; S., Maļecka
- Abstract
In order to improve the nutrient content of oat food products, there is a need for good quality grains. In our study, 15 oat varieties grown in a field trial (2005-2007) at the State Stende Cereals breeding Institute and 78 oat samples collected from different farms in Latvia were analysed for volume weight, 1000 grain weight, husk content, crude protein and fat. The grain processing enterprise Rigas Dzirnavnieks Ltd has determined the criteria of oats lot food. The grains have to have a volume weight higher than 480 g 1-1 and husk content below 250 g kg-1. Results of the experimental trial showed that these demands are accessible. The grain volume weight ranged from 480 to 518 g 1-1, 1000 grain weight from 33.7 to 38.4 g, the husk amount from 206 to 312 g kg-1. However, only four of 15 analysed oat varieties met the standards requested for food quality. The analyses of oat samples collected from farms showed generally lower grain quality than the analysed grain samples from experimental fields. Thus, to obtain oat quality under farming conditions is more difficult than under experimental conditions.
- Subjects
OATS; GRAIN; FOOD quality; PLANT nutrients; RIGAS Dzirnavnieks Ltd.; CROP yields
- Publication
Latvian Journal of Agronomy / Agronomija Vestis, 2008, Issue 11, p178
- ISSN
1691-3485
- Publication type
Article