flax rust
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flax rust
[′flaks ‚rəst] (plant pathology)
A disease of flax caused by the rust fungus Melampsora lini.
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Upon screening the plants for resistance to the
flax rust, Melampsora lini, they found a plant that had lost its resistance, a sign that Ac and Ds had performed as hoped.
York is resistant to all known North America races of
flax rust [caused by Melampsora lini (Ehrenb.) Desmaz.], and had good tolerance to wilt [caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.: Fr.
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