Surface of a Leaf Infected by <I>Phytophthora infestans</I> (IMAGE)

Norwich BioScience Institutes

Surface of a Leaf Infected by <I>Phytophthora infestans</I>

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This is the surface of a leaf infected by Phytophthora infestans (expressing a red fluorescent protein to make it visible), showing hyphae growing away from the center of a lesion to invade the leaf.

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Sebastian Schornack and Sylvain Raffaele, The Sainsbury Laboratory

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