Abstract
The percentage of loose smut (Ustilago avenae) infected plants in oat (Avena sativa) cultivars and breeding lines was determined after kernels were inoculated in a vacuum with water suspensions of teliospores. Fifty-two oat cultivars were evaluated between 1978 and 1990; 14 were resistant, six were moderately resistant, and 32 were susceptible. Many advanced breeding lines were also resistant. Factors that might affect the incidence of smut infection in evaluation trials were studied with cultivars Moore (moderately resistant), Ogle (susceptible), and Starter (resistant). One to three exposures in the vacuum during the inoculation procedure did not greatly affect the incidence of loose smut in the cultivars
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