Comparative Virulence of Basidiospore and Urediospore Cultures of Three Pathogenic Races ofMelampsora lini

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Abstract
The virulence of monokaryotic basidiospore cultures was compared to that of dikaryotic urediospore cultures in 3 races of M. lini on 29 isogenic lines of flax (Linum usitatissimum), each with a single gene for resistance. The 3 races previously had been selfed to determine heterozygosity on the 29 isogenic lines. In most cases, basidiospores were virulent only on host isogenic lines for which they carried the gene for virulence. Exceptions to this general observation included comparisons of race 1 on lines with L8, M2, M4, N and P4; race 370 on lines L, L1, M2, N1, and P4; and race 218 on P4. Exceptions to the observation that basidiospores infect only host cultivars for which they carried the gene for virulence were of 3 types: those with urediospore cultures homozygous avirulent and basidiospore cultures virulent on that host line; those with homozygous virulent urediospore cultures and basidiospores that produced only a few poorly developed pycnia; and those with urediospore cultures heterozygous for virulence, but with avirulent basidiospore cultures. Cultures with urediospore cultures avirulent and basidiospores virulent on an isogenic line were selfed on that isogenic line; the resulting cultures resembled parental urediospore cultures which were avirulent on that isogenic line on which basidiospores were virulent.

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