(This page will be used to link to documents/resources pertaining to general pathology as well as the Oat Rust Initiative (coordinated by Oat Global and the UMN Stakman-Borlaug Center for Sustainable Plant Health). Please send suggestions for content, etc., to the editor: oatnewsletter@gmail.com)

Quick queries

• How do I find rust resistance-related gene sequences?
• What is the rust situation in North America like this year?

General information

• AHDB - The encyclopaedia of cereal diseases
• An activity book for kids about plant health: "Izzy the Inspector"

Crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae):

• USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab information
• Simons, M.D. (1985) Crown rust. in Roelfs A.P. and Bushnell W.R. (eds.) The Cereal Rusts: Vol. II - Diseases, Distribution, Epidemiology, and Control. Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL
• Chong, J., Leonard, K. J., and Salmeron, J. J. 2000. A North American system of nomenclature for Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae. Plant Dis. 84:580-585
• Oat Crown Rust resistance genes: Source, genome location, low infection type and tester lines

Stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae):

• Craigie, J.H. (1957) Stem Rust of Cereals. Publication 666, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario
• Martens, J.W. (1984) Oat stem rust. in Bushnell W.R. and Roelfs A.P. (eds.) The Cereal Rusts: Vol. I - Origins, Specificity, Structure, and Physiology. Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL
• Oat Stem Rust resistance genes: Source, genome location, low infection type and tester lines
• Fetch, T. G., Jr., and Jin, Y. 2007. Letter code system of nomenclature for Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. Plant Dis. 91:763-7665

Powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. avenae):

• AHDB: Powdery Mildew
• Sánchez‐Martín, J., Rubiales, D., and Prats, E. 2011. Resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f.sp. avenae) in oat seedlings and adult plants. Plant Pathology, 60(5):646-856

Smuts

BYDV (Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus)

Databases and partner services

• USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab, St. Paul, MN
• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Reports
  • List of Cereal Rust Reports
  • Cereal rust survey LISTSERV sign-up
    • 2019 Estimated Small Grain Losses due to Rust
• Australian Cereal Rust Survey, University of Sydney, PBI Cobbity
  • Cereal rust reports and interactive map
  • "The rust sampling process" - video featuring Robert Park
• Oat germplasm resources page
• Oat gene nomenclature page

Collections

• Canadian National Mycological Herbarium (DAOM)

About the ORI (Oat Rust Initiative)

"Oat rust resistance is a fundamental need in the oats industry worldwide. Oat scientists have been working on this topic for many years and a rich "toolkit" for resistance breeding is available. The time is right for the community to efficiently connect these tools in a well-­coordinated approach to ensure that host resistance can be managed to stay ahead of pathogen evolution over time."

Oat Rust Forum meetings

• November, 2017: 4th Oat Rust Forum, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY, USA
• February, 2017: 3rd Oat Rust Forum, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• April, 2016: 2nd Oat Rust Forum, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• February, 2015: Oat Rust Forum, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Summary report
  • 2015 Roadmap

(Other information can be found in the "Oat Newsletter Archives" and more recent "Research Report" sections, as well as in the "Historical Documents" section)