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URS Brava - a new oat cultivar with partial resistance to crown rust

The cultivar URS Brava, obtained from a simple cross between the line 'UFRGS 995078-2' and the cultivar 'URS 21', shows high grain yield and stability, high grain quality, desirable agronomical traits and partial resistance to crown rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae.

Avena sativa L.; oat breeding; seed production


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