Field Based Variability in Oat Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. Avenae) Resistance in Exotic Oat Germplasm
Manzoor Hussain1, Muhammad Awais2, Farhatullah3, Saiqa Bibi1, Muhammad Rameez Khan3, Afifa Khalid1 and Sajid Ali3*
1Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan; 2Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China; 3Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Figure 1
Typical disease symptoms of oat crown rust (caused by Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) on oat plant. The upper left corner shows the zoom-in represents the symptom of a heavily infected leaf.
Figure 2
Boxplots showing the minimum, maximum and average of crown rust severity as exhibited by exotic oat germplasm during oat season 2015-16 at District Mansehra, Pakistan.
Figure 3
Crown rust (Puccinia coronata f.sp. avenae) progression over time in exotic oat (Avena sativa) germplasm at District Mansehra during oat season 2015-16.
Figure 4
Cluster analyses of exotic oat germplasm based on parameters revealing their response to crown rust infection, observed during 2015-16 in District Mansehra.