Investment
Investment
[OGQC] Program 1: Accelerating the development of an accurate and cost effective high-throughput measurement method for key oat quality characteristics.
Oat (Avena sativa L.) is one of the world's most important cereal crops providing a crucial source of essential nutrients for both humans and animals. Oats are a valuable source of -glucan, known to promote heart health, protein and oil.
This project provides pre-breeders, breeders, researchers and processors a greater understanding of the interplay between -glucan, grain protein and groat oil content (fat) in the Australian oat germplasm. Specifically, this project will deliver a high throughput, accurate NIRS calibration for -glucan, grain protein and groat oil content (fat). Access to an accurate NIRS calibration will improve selection efficiencies, streamline grain classification, and allow the Australian oat industry to better meet end-user quality requirements.
- Project start date:
- 01/05/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- Oats, (Cereal)
- Organisation
- InterGrain Pty Ltd
- Region:
- North, South, West
- Project status
- Active
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Oat Grain Quality Consortium
The Oat Grain Quality Consortium aims to transform Australian oat quality and production research to benefit the entire oat supply chain.