Belonging identity of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici population in Egypt

Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp tritici) (Pst) infected wheat samples collected from three Egyptian Governorates (Alexandria, Beheira and Kafr-El Sheikh) were processed for race analysis to determine the race identity among the current populations of the stripe rust fungus. Single uredinial isolates were inoculated to a core set of the 17 World/European differential hosts along with wheat lines with Yr17, Yr25, Yr32. Based on virulence phenotyping, the data revealed that the current populations of Pst belong to three races: Triticale aggressive (virulent to Yr2, Yr6, Yr7, Yr8, Yr10); PstS3 (virulent to Yr2, Yr6, Yr7, Yr8, Yr25); and PstS2 (virulent to Yr2, Yr6, Yr7, Yr8, Yr9, Yr25, Yr27). No collections were found with the Warrior race, that has virulence to Yr1, Yr2, Yr3, Yr4, Yr6, Yr7, Yr9, Yr17, Yr25, Yr32, YrSp).