First Author Lijang Liu (IMAGE)

American Phytopathological Society

First Author Lijang Liu

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"Using confocal and electron microscopic imaging, we provide compelling evidence to support the proposed life cycle of P. brassicae, making it more convincing and acceptable to the community," explained Liu. "Notably, and most surprisingly, we discovered the existence of a sexual life stage of P. brassicae, starting from the fusion of two secondary zoospores within the infected epidermal cells."

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