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GrainGenes Reference Report: GCE-47-345

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Reference	GCE-47-345
Title	Retrospecting genetic variation of Finnish oat (Avena sativa) landraces and observations on revived lines grown prior to 1957
Journal	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
Year	2000
Volume	47
Pages	345-352
Author	Ahokas H Manninen ML
Abstract	Summary: An aged seed sample of a single oat landrace resulted in four plants when germinated. The plants differed from each other morphologically and genetically. They represented four grain types, three lemma colours, three avenin and three residual grain protein patterns and two molar ratios of C18:C16 fatty acids. These old oats grew high under current conditions and some also had yielding potential. Landraces with wide residual to avenin protein ratios would have been good sources in breeding food cereals for coeliac patients. Literature data since the 1700s indicate that Finnish oat landraces included morphological mixtures. Some were intentionally mixed. As also noted for Finnish barley landraces, oat landraces appear to have approached mixtures of genetically unique plants. Several reasons for the variation are presented. Active replacement of landraces (genetic polymorphism) with only a few pure-line cultivars was encouraged by authorities during the Mendelian period. Genetic variation was lost earliest in oats among Finnish cereal landraces. The proportion of oat landraces declined from 100% in 1902 to 34.4% in 1922 and to 0.2% in 1955. Genetic conservation did not occur in time, resulting from lack of foresight by authorities
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 29 ] alkaline-solutions avena avena sativa avenin barley barley landrace breeding cereal coeliac conservation cultivar diversity fatty acids food genetic conservation genetic polymorphism genetic variation germination grain protein landrace mixed crops mixture mixtures oat oats patterns polymorphism residual grain proteins seed

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