Oat Mosaic Virus

Oat Mosaic Virus (OMV) is a soil borne virus which can infect oat crops and seriously reduce yield. It produces mottling of leaves and plants can appear shorter and leaves are narrower. As the virus is soil-borne then it can be patchy. Incidence varies betwen years.

There appears to be a range of susceptibility in varieties.

Gerald - susceptible
Jalna - susceptible
Dalguise - moderately susceptible
Brochan, Tardis and Kinross - moderately resistant
Mascani - resistant
Balado - more testing needed but looks to be resistant