小麦条锈病是我国小麦上最严重的病害。1950年大流行,减产120亿斤之巨,以后几年继续流行,以1964年为例,损失达60余亿斤。我国的小麦育种家和植病工作者,结合广大群众,不断地与条锈病作斗争,终于在六十年代后期控制了广大冬麦区(包括黄、淮、海,渭河流域及长江下游)条锈病的流行为害。在我国幅员辽阔,气候、生态条件各异,麦区面积极大,栽 Wheat stripe rust is the most serious disease on wheat in our country. After the pandemic of 1950, a huge reduction of 12 billion kilograms was caused. In the next few years, it continued to prevail. In 1964, for example, it lost more than 60 billion jin. In the late 1960s, China’s wheat breeders and plant-disease workers, in combination with the broad masses of the people, constantly struggled with stripe rust. They controlled the vast areas of winter wheat (including the Yellow River, Huai River, Wei River, and the Yangtze River) in the late 1960s Rust disease epidemic harm. In our vast territory, climate, ecological conditions vary, wheat area is extremely large, planted