AC MCDUFF FLAX

AC McDuff, a late-maturing oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) with very high oil content, was released by Agriculture Canada, Research St ation, Morden, Manitoba, in 1993. The cultivar has very good lodging r esistance and is high yielding in the Black Soil zone of the prairies. It is immune to North American races of rust caused by Melampsora lin i and is moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysponrm f. sp. lini.