INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO LOOSE SMUT AND COVERED SMUT IN THE OAT VARIETIES BLACK MESDAG, CAMAS, AND RODNEY
F3 lines from three smut resistant oat varieties crossed with the susceptible variety Anthony were inoculated with compatible monosporidial lines of two inbred races of Ustilago avenae and one inbred race of U. kolleri. Rodney, Black Mesdag, and Camas each have one gene conferring resistance to two races of U. avenae and to one race of U. kolleri. Black Mesdag and Camas have a second gene, conferring resistance to the U. kolleri race. F3 lines from the Black Mesdag × Anthony cross were inoculated with teliospores of a U. avenae race virulent on all varieties except Black Mesdag. One gene in Black Mesdag conferred resistance to this and the other races used. F3 lines from a cross between Camas and Black Mesdag segregated, indicating that these varieties have genes for smut resistance at different loci.