쌀귀리는 곡립에서 穎이 쉽게 분리되고 영양가와 섬유질이 풍부하여 식품이나 경주말의 사료로서 활용가치가 인정되고 있다. 국내에서는 아직 재배되지 못하고 있어 본연구에서는 해외에서 수집된 쌀귀리 품종들을 춘파와 추파하여 재배하였고 越冬性, 倒伏性, 생육, 수량과 곡립의 품질을 조사하여 국내 재배종인 전진과 비교하였고 국내 적응성을 검토하였다. 도입 쌀귀리 품종중 Pendragon, Kynon은 短稈種으로 높은 월동율을 보였고 도복저항성이 높아 수원지방에서 춘추파에 모두 적합하였다. 쌀귀리품종들은 겉귀리보다 除穎후 귀리수량에서 높았으며 조단백 함량이 20%이상 되었고 주요 아미노산 함량도 높았으며, 식이섬유소인 β-glucan 함량에서도 평균 4.4%로 높게 나타났다.

The naked oat varieties are promising for human diet and for feed of race horse if they adapt well in Korea. we investigated adaptability of oat cultivars, Avena nuda L. obtained from U.K., USA and Ca nada etc. The naked oats were generally shorter than the Korean hulled oats, therefore, naked oat cultivars were tolerant to lodging. In fall sowing, naked oat cultivars, Pendragon and Kynon showed about 81% and 69% of winter survival rates, respectively, while no hulled oat cultivars survived through the winter. Grain yield was higher in fall sowing than in spring sowing. Grain yields per unit area of Pendragon and Kynon were rather decreased by the polyethylene plastic mulching culture, compared to non mulching culture. Thus, mulching was unnecessary for cultivation of those cultivars in Korea. Grain yield of naked oats were higher than that of hulled oats after removing hull. The contents of crude protein and essential amino acids in naked oat cultivars were higher than that of hulled oat. The content of beta-glucan as an index of dietary fiber amount in the naked oat grain were also higher than that of hulled oat grain. These results indicated that naked oats were superior to hulled oats in aspects such as winter survival rate, kernel yield, and grain quality, and could be introduced successfully in Korea.