“…Currently, 79 Lr -genes ( Lr1 - Lr79 ) and 82 Yr -genes have been formally cataloged from common wheat, durum wheat, and other related species ( McIntosh et al, 2017 ; Qureshi et al, 2018 ; USDA Cereal disease lab, ). Of the 79 Lr -genes and 82 Yr -genes, 64 and 15 Lr -genes, and 59 and 19 Yr -genes confer seedling and APR, respectively ( McIntosh et al, 2017 ; Da Silva et al, 2018 ; Sapkota et al, 2019a ). Among the 15 Lr -genes and 19 Yr -genes for APR, seven ( Lr12 , Lr13 , Lr22a/b , Lr35 , Lr37 , Lr48 , and Lr49 ) and eight ( Lr34 , Lr46 , Lr67 , Lr68 , Lr74 , Lr75 , Lr77 , and Lr78 ) Lr -genes and five ( Yr11, Yr12, Yr13, Yr14 , and Yr34 ) and fourteen ( Yr16, Yr18, Yr29, Yr30, Yr36, Yrns-B, YrA1, YrA2, YrA3, YrA4, YrA5, YrA6, YrA7 , and YrA8 ) Yr -genes are reported to confer race-specific and race non-specific resistance, respectively ( McIntosh et al, 2017 ; Da Silva et al, 2018 ; Waqar et al, 2018 ).…”