Abstract
The aim of this study was compare the content of chemical composition and nutritive
value in the grains of four new brown hull oats strains (CHD 2875, CHD 3076, CHD 3047, CHD
2909) and in the grians of two cultivars (Bohun and Deresz) carried out in 2005–2006. The
content of the following components were determined: basic chemical composition, β-glucans,
NDF, ADF, ADL and amino acids. The brown oat strains studied contained significantly higher
amounts of crude protein (p≤0.05), NFE (p≤0.05) and ADL (p≤0.01). The first amino acid
limiting the nutritive value of protein was lysine in nearly all oat samples. It was found that the
grain of CHD 2909 characterised by highest quality of protein (EAAI).