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GrainGenes Gene Report: Hv-1 (Avena)

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Gene
Hv-1 (Avena)
Gene Class
Reaction to Helminthosporium victoriae
Victoria blight resistance
Pathology
Victoria Blight
Locus
Hv-1
Reference
ReferenceWelsh JN et al. (1954) Associated inheritance of reaction to races of crown rust, Puccinia coronata avenae Erikss, and to Victoria blight, Helminthosporium victoriae M. and M., in oats. Canadian Journal of Botany 32:55-68.
ReferenceFinkner VC (1953) Inheritance of susceptibility to Helminthosporium victoriae in crosses involving Victoria and other crown rust resistant oat varieties. Agronomy Journal 45:404-406.
ReferenceLitzenberger SC (1949) Nature of susceptibility to Helminthosporium victoriae and resistance to Puccinia coronata in Victoria oats. Phytopathology 39:300-318.
ReferenceLitzenberger SC (1949) Inheritance of resistance to specific races of crown and stem rust, to Helminthosporium blight, and of certain agronomic characters of oats. Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Bulletin 370:453-496.
ReferenceMurphy HC and Meehan F (1946) Reaction of oat varieties to a new species of Helminthosporium. Phytopathology 36:407.
Comment
Dominant gene in Victoria for susceptibility to Victoria blight, caused by Helminthosporium victoriae Meehan and Murphy. May be pleiotropic or closely linked to Pc-2.
Info Source
ReferenceSimons MD et al. (1978) Oats: A standardized system of nomenclature for genes and chromosomes and catalog of genes governing characters. USDA Agriculture Handbook 509:1-40.

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