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Avena sativa L. (Oat)

Suggested Literature

Avena sativa may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Avena sativa:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Oulema septentrionis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
is foodplant of adult Oulema septentrionis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos inflorescence (live) live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sorus Ustilago avenae - Loose Smut Of Oats & Oat Grass (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes arranged in circles around the uredia]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza ambigua - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Ustilago avenae - Loose Smut Of Oats & Oat Grass (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem stem may contain larva Cephus pygmeus - Wheat Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1951

Avena sativa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Avena
(oats)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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