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Evaluation of 140 barleys from the Middle-East for disease reaction with Canadian pathogens indicates that this region could be a good source of resistance to Septoria passerinii, Pyrenophora teres and Rhynchosporium secalis but not to Puccinia graminis tritici, Ustilago nuda, Cochliobolus sativus or barley stripe mosaic virus.
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Metcalfe et al. (1977) studied this question.
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