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GrainGenes Gene Report: Pc18 (Avena)

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Gene
Pc18 (Avena)
Gene Class
Reaction to Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae
Pathology
Crown Rust
Reference
ReferenceMarshall HG and Myers WM (1961) A cytogenetic study of certain interspecific Avena hybrids and the inheritance of resistance in diploid and tetraploid varieties to races of crown rust. Crop Science 1:29-34.
ReferenceSimons MD et al. (1959) Inheritance of resistance to strains of diploid and tetraploid species of oats to races of the crown rust fungus. Phytopathology 49:257-259.
Comment
Dominant gene for resistance to P. coronata races 205,216, and 264 in the diploid glabrota.
Info Source
ReferenceSimons MD et al. (1978) Oats: A standardized system of nomenclature for genes and chromosomes and catalog of genes governing characters. USDA Agriculture Handbook 509:1-40.

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