Progresses,Opportunities and Challenges of Wheat Stripe Rust Research in Gansu Province
Wheat production is a guarantee to the national food security.Wheat stripe rust,caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici(Pst),is one of the most important foliar diseases on wheat in China and the world.The Southern Gansu Province including Longnan City,Tianshui City,Dingxi City and Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Linxia,is hot area of Pst over-summering area.We summarized the progress to wheat stripe rust research of Institute of Plant Protection,Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences(IPPS,GAAS)in the past 60 years,the questions and development directions were also discussed in this paper,aiming to better maintain the influence and status of wheat stripe rust research at Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China,and provide reference and assistance for continuously leading the research on wheat stripe rust in Gansu Province.
Wheat stripe rustProgressOpportunityChallengeGansu Province