A HOMOTHALLIC, SHORT-CYCLE STRAIN OF UROMYCES POLYGONI (PERS.) FUCKEL
A strain of Uromyces Polygoni (Pers.) Fuckel collected on Polygonum aviculare L. at Winnipeg was found to be homothallic. Attempts to infect P. erectum L. and P. neglectum Besser with sporidia, aeciospores, and urediospores of this rust were unsuccessful. Of the sporidial infections on P. aviculare, whether originating from a single sporidium or from two or more sporidia, most produced aecia only, but some produced uredia only, and a few produced aecia and uredia in association. Pycnia were not visible in any of the sporidial infections when examined with a hand lens but, in microtome sections cut from infections that had developed aecia, a few pycnia containing pycniospores were observed. No flexuous hyphae and periphyses were seen in these pycnia.