AC Rebel oat

AC Rebel is a high-yielding, high-protein, white hulled oat cultivar posses sing the crown rust resistance genes Pc38 and Pc39. It has good resistance to loose and covered smut, good resistance to stem rust, and moderate toler ance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV). AC Rebel has good kernel characte ristics including commercially acceptable hull and oil content. AC Rebel is well suited for the oat growing areas of western Canada where crown rust i s not a problem, in particular to the Brown soil zone of Saskatchewan and A lberta.