Avena_byzantina

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Avena byzantina

Species of plant in the genus Avena

Avena byzantina, red oats, is a species of cultivated oat native to Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, the Transcaucasus, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.[2] Cultivated for thousands of years, it is better suited to warmer conditions than white or common oats (Avena sativa), but is often sown as a no‑till winter crop. There are 564 landraces and 203 cultivars of red oats listed in the European Plant Genetic Resources Search Catalogue (EURISCO).[3] Approximately 10% of the millions of hectares worldwide under oats are devoted to red oats, principally for fodder.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Linnaea 21: 392 (1848)
  2. [2]
    "Avena byzantina K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    Nikoloudakis, Nikolaos; Bladenopoulos, Konstantinos; Katsiotis, Andreas (2016). "Structural patterns and genetic diversity among oat (Avena) landraces assessed by microsatellite markers and morphological analysis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 63 (5): 801–811. doi:10.1007/s10722-015-0284-9. S2CID 17183154.
  4. [4]
    Boczkowska, Maja; Podyma, Wiesław; Łapiński, Bogusław (2016). "Oat". Genetic and Genomic Resources for Grain Cereals Improvement. pp. 159–225. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802000-5.00004-6. ISBN 9780128020005.
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