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We investigated whether the recent worldwide epidemics of wheat yellow rust were driven by races of few clonal lineage(s) or populations of divergent races. Race phenotyping of 887 genetically diverse  Puccinia striiformis  isolates sampled in 35 countries during 2009–2015 revealed that these epidemics were often driven by races from few but highly divergent genetic lineages.  PstS1  was predominant in North America;  PstS2  in West Asia and North Africa; and both  PstS1  and  PstS2  in East Africa.  PstS4  was prevalent in Northern Europe on triticale;  PstS5  and  PstS9  were prevalent in Central Asia; whereas  PstS6  was prevalent in epidemics in East Africa.  PstS7, PstS8  and  PstS10  represented three genetic lineages prevalent in Europe. Races from other lineages were in low frequencies. Virulence to  Yr9  and  Yr27  was common in epidemics in Africa and Asia, while virulence to  Yr17  and  Yr32  were prevalent in Europe, corresponding to widely deployed resistance genes. The highest diversity was observed in South Asian populations, where frequent recombination has been reported, and no particular race was predominant in this area. The results are discussed in light of the role of invasions in shaping pathogen population across geographical regions. The results emphasized the lack of predictability of emergence of new races with high epidemic potential, which stresses the need for additional investments in population biology and surveillance activities of pathogens on global food crops, and assessments of disease vulnerability of host varieties prior to their deployment at larger scales.

Yellow Rust Epidemics Worldwide Were Caused by Pathogen Races from Divergent Genetic Lineages