“…After 5 years of selective pressure exerted by sunflower Pl resistance genes, five other races (300, 304, 314, 704 and 714) that had not been present at the start of the study, were reported (Tourvieille de Labrouhe et al, 2010;Sakr, 2014aSakr, , 2014bSakr, , 2014e, 2015b. Furthermore, in the absence of selection pressure, Sakr et al (2011) and Sakr (2014b) stated that P. halstedii did not evolve its virulence. This rapid evolution of virulence in P. halstedii was revealed in France, exerted by intensive Pl genes resistance selection pressure.…”