Septoria nodorum blotch is a disease of wheat caused by the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum. In the wheat-P. nodorum pathosystem, recognition of pathogen-produced necrotrophic effectors (NEs) by dominant host genes leads to host cell death, which allows the pathogen to gain nutrients and proliferate. To date, nine host gene-NE interactions have been reported in this pathosystem. Among them, the Snn2-SnTox2 interaction has shown to be important in both seedling and adult plant susceptibility. A saturated genetic linkage map was developed using a segregating population of recombinant inbred lines and a high-resolution map was then developed using F2 plants derived from a cross between the SnTox2-insensitive wheat line BR34 and the SnTox2-sensitive line BG301. Over 10,000 gametes were screened for high-resolution mapping and the Snn2 gene was delineated to a genetic interval of 0.10 cM that corresponds to a physical segment of approximately 0.53 Mb on the short arm of wheat chromosome 2D. A total of 27 predicted genes present in this region and thirteen of them were identified as strong candidates. Seven EMS-induced Snn2-insensitive mutants were generated for gene validation. Results of this study provide the foundation for cloning of Snn2. The host sensitivity gene Snn1, which confers sensitivity to SnTox1, was previously cloned. Here, allelic diversity of Snn1 was studied to identify causal polymorphisms, and to develop markers useful for marker assisted selection (MAS). Twenty-seven coding sequence haplotypes that correspond to 21 amino acid haplotypes were identified. Three SNPs were identified as the possible mutations that caused the insensitive allele in wild emmer to become the sensitive allele in domesticated wheat. In addition, four SNPs that changed the sensitive allele into insensitive alleles were identified. SNP-based markers that could detect three of those SNPs were developed. Results of this study help to increase our knowledge in wheat-NE interactions and host sensitivity gene evolution.