Table 2.
Oat Varieties | Trace minerals |
Major minerals |
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Iron | Copper | Zinc | Potassium | Calcium | Magnesium | |
Yellow | 3.0 ± 0.06a | 0.4 ± 0.01a | 2.0 ± 0.01b | 258.3 ± 0.54a | 44.0 ± 0.41d | 89.1 ± 0.17a |
White | 2.8 ± 0.00b | 0.3 ± 0.01c | 1.8 ± 0.00c | 250.0 ± 0.07b | 44.0 ± 0.09d | 80.2 ± 0.03b |
Black | 3.0 ± 0.00a | 0.2 ± 0.00d | 1.6 ± 0.01d | 250.0 ± 0.50b | 58.7 ± 0.01c | 80.2 ± 0.02b |
Goslin | 2.5 ± 0.00bc | 0.4 ± 0.01b | 2.0 ± 0.00b | 241.7 ± 0.19c | 102.7 ± 0.39a | 62.4 ± 0.21c |
Soresi | 2.6 ± 0.01bc | 0.3 ± 0.01c | 2.0 ± 0.01a | 241.7 ± 0.42c | 73.3 ± 0.02b | 80.2 ± 0.01b |
Mean | 2.8 ± 0.05 | 0.3 ± 0.06 | 1.88 ± 0.04 | 248.3 ± 1.67 | 64.5 ± 5.67 | 78.4 ± 2.33 |
CV | 7.4 | 21.8 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 38 | 12.5 |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of replicate determinations (n = 3). Means that do not share the same letter down the column are significantly different.