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GrainGenes Gene Report: Pc55 (Avena)

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Gene
Pc55 (Avena)
Synonym
Other namePc-55 (Avena)
Gene Class
Reaction to Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae
Pathology
Crown Rust
Locus
Pc-55
Reference
ReferenceKiehn FA et al. (1976) Inheritance of resistance to Puccinia coronata avenae and its association with seed characteristics in four accessions of Avena sterilis. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 12:230-236.
Comment
Incompletely dominant gene for resistance to cultures of P. coronata races 203, 211, 239, 259, 264, 295 and 326 in A. sterilis CAV 4963 collected in Israel. Allelic or closely linked to Pc39.
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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