Table 4.
Effect of environment on grain dimensions (width, length and roundness) and grain composition (oil,%; protein,% and β-glucan, %). Data are presented as the mean of four winter oat varieties grown in each environment.
| Environment | Width (mm) |
Length (mm) |
Roundness | Oil (%) |
Protein (%) |
β-Glucan (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.10 | 10.83 | 0.287 | 7.82 | 8.42 | 3.72 |
| 2 | 3.13 | 12.79 | 0.245 | 7.03 | 10.40 | 4.61 |
| 3 | 3.06 | 10.74 | 0.286 | 7.79 | 7.77 | 4.70 |
| 4 | 3.30 | 11.04 | 0.300 | 7.33 | 10.18 | 3.82 |
| 5 | 3.34 | 10.69 | 0.312 | 7.21 | 9.54 | 4.44 |
| 6 | 3.25 | 11.79 | 0.276 | 7.37 | 9.59 | 4.35 |
| 7 | 3.19 | 10.42 | 0.306 | 7.21 | 9.65 | 3.61 |
| 8 | 3.08 | 12.58 | 0.244 | 6.48 | 12.11 | 4.88 |
| 9 | 3.11 | 11.09 | 0.281 | 7.24 | 8.36 | 4.60 |
| 10 | 3.16 | 12.31 | 0.258 | 7.66 | 11.85 | 4.11 |
| 11 | 3.27 | 11.10 | 0.295 | 6.59 | 11.10 | 3.98 |
| 12 | 3.19 | 10.67 | 0.300 | 7.27 | 10.83 | 4.19 |
| 13 | 3.18 | 12.24 | 0.262 | 7.00 | 10.88 | 3.97 |
| 14 | 3.13 | 12.18 | 0.258 | 7.34 | 9.70 | 4.29 |
| 15 | 3.31 | 10.86 | 0.306 | 7.83 | 9.06 | 3.35 |
| 16 | 3.08 | 11.92 | 0.259 | 6.99 | 9.97 | 4.63 |
| 17 | 3.20 | 10.79 | 0.297 | 7.69 | 8.42 | 4.27 |
| 18 | 3.14 | 10.26 | 0.307 | 7.74 | 8.95 | 3.16 |
| 19 | 3.08 | 12.55 | 0.246 | 7.59 | 8.79 | 4.21 |
| 20 | 3.21 | 10.98 | 0.293 | 7.19 | 7.88 | 4.43 |
| 21 | 3.11 | 10.52 | 0.297 | 7.23 | 10.88 | 3.74 |
| 22 | 2.94 | 10.67 | 0.276 | 7.70 | 12.33 | 4.61 |
| s.e. | 0.024 | 0.113 | 0.0033 | 0.104 | 0.19 | 0.098 |
| Prob. | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |