Open AccessEVALUATION OF NEW AND OLD SOURCES OF TOLERANCE TO EARLY-SEASON BARLEY YELLOW DWARF VIRUS IN OATS
Author(s) -
A. Comeau,
J. P. Dubuc
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
canadian journal of plant science/canadian journal of plant science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.338
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1918-1833
pISSN - 0008-4220
DOI - 10.4141/cjps78-127
Subject(s) - barley yellow dwarf , biology , inoculation , agronomy , luteovirus , virus , horticulture , plant virus , virology
Transgressive segregation has produced oat lines possessing higher levels of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) tolerance than were previously available. Even with inoculation at the earliest growth stages, some oat lines now display a level of tolerance approaching that of Ethiopian barleys possessing the Yd 2 gene.