“…Currently, the yield losses range from 13 to 34% under high infestation in the field but during epidemic seasons, the disease can cause up to 50% yield loss (Yao et al, 2007;Zhang et al, 2008;Li et al, 2011;Alam et al, 2013;Quijano et al, 2015;Yu et al, 2015). The shift in pathogenic virulence structures range from the southwest and the southeast coastal regions of China to almost all the wheat growing areas throughout the country and the damage exceeds any other known wheat disease (Liu and Shao, 1994;Luo et al, 2009;Cao et al, 2013;Zhao et al, 2013;Shen et al, 2015).…”