Abstract:The continuous occurrence and development of new virulent race is the main cause of stripe rust disease outbreak and breakdown of resistance to stripe rust in wheat cultivars. The epidemics of CY32 and Shuiyuan14 pathogenicity types were studied systematically by monitoring physiological races, testing pathogenicity and fitness, analysing virulent range and investigating the susceptible varieties in 1999-2004. The results showed that CY32 and Shuiyuan14 pathotypes were the first and second predominant races respectively in Gansu Province. Because of the high frequencies and fitness, wide virulent spectrum, with large number of virulent genes and strong pathogenicity, CY32 and Shuiyuan14 pathotypes have become the main prevalent races in Gansu Province. They will have a strong effect to race population in countrywide epidemic area.