Table 1 Comparison of agronomic plant traits and flour quality component mean values of each group of origin to the overall mean (NS = no significant; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001).

From: Characterization of celiac disease related oat proteins: bases for the development of high quality oat varieties suitable for celiac patients

Parameter

Overall

Spain

Greece

Italy

Tunisia

USA

n

120

29

28

19

10

34

Panicle emergence

111.4

113.9 NS

109.7**

109.7 NS

107.4**

112.8 NS

Plant height

1.38

1.42 NS

1.30**

1.41 NS

1.37 NS

1.42 NS

Starch

37.28

38.67 NS

40.58***

39.12 NS

38.69 NS

34.98*

Protein

16.07

16.21 NS

15.87 NS

15.98 NS

15.05*

17.56***

Monomeric

20.66

19.48 NS

22.45**

22.21*

20.17 NS

21.66*

Aggregate

10.65

10.21 NS

12.15**

11.27 NS

10.85 NS

10.73 NS

Prolamin

31.31

29.69*

34.60***

33.48*

31.03 NS

32.39 NS

Non prolamin

129.4

132.4 NS

124.1*

126.3 NS

119.5*

143.2***

Protein/Starch

0.43

0.42 NS

0.39 NS

0.40 NS

0.39*

0.51*

Monomeric/Aggregate

1.95

1.91 NS

1.86 NS

1.99 NS

1.88 NS

2.07 NS

Prolamin/Protein

0.20

0.18*

0.22*

0.21 NS

0.21 NS

0.18 NS

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