Flag smut resistance in selected wheat cultivars and lines

Abstract

Thirteen wheat cultivars and breeders' lines were evaluated in the field at Toowoomba for resistance to flag smut (Urocystis agropyri). The cultivars Spica, Kite and Gatcher proved highly resistant while Hopps, Songlen, Oxley, Timgalen, Cook and Timson had good levels of resistance. Gamut, Mendos and Tarsa, however were very susceptible.