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Agronomic traits showed marked improvements in 2023, particularly in grain shape, thousand grain weight and spike length.
Avena nudaVerbatim
e0“Naked oats (Avena nuda)”
e1“marked improvements in agronomic traits in 2023, particularly in grain shape, thousand grain weight, and spike length”
Title
Screening of agronomic and qualitative physical and chemical traits of 83 naked oats strains
Longlong Liu; Zihao Wei; Jia Li; et al. PLoS ONE 2025. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324879
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- Association Grain shape showed the most substantial improvement among the traits in 2023.
- Observation Thousand grain weight remained relatively stable.
- Association Grain size and fullness were generally reduced in 2023.
- Observation Hardness showed the greatest variation among the physical traits.
- Observation Principal component analysis classified the strains into three morphological groups.
- Observation Strain YM23 represents a large-grain, soft-textured type.
- Association Chemical quality traits increased in 2023 for beta-glucan and water content.
- Observation Fat content decreased in 2023 while showing high variability.
- Observation Nutritional profiling grouped the strains into three groups.
- Observation Strain YM39 led in protein, beta-glucan and fat content.
- Observation Correlation analysis across 19 traits highlighted key tradeoffs between grain morphology, yield and nutritional quality.
- Observation Effective tillering was identified as a crucial trait that influences overall performance.
- Observation Strain YM49 showed a consistent high-ranking performance across multiple traits.
- Observation Cluster analysis identified three agronomic groups.
- Observation Group III comprised high-yield, stable strains, including YM49.
- Observation Significant phenotypic variations were observed across the 83 strains.