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In all species of Albugo, oospores are the primary source of inoculum. In perennial hosts like horseradish, the mycelium persists in the crowns, and occasionally in the lateral roots. Secondary infection and spread of disease during the growing seasons is by means of sporangia, which are readily carried short distances by splashed water droplets or, to a certain degree, by air currents. Moisture on the host surface is essential both for sporangial germination and infection by zoospores. The most likely primary infection sites from germinating overwintered oospores in soil are the emerging cotyledons. The zoospores derived from germinating oospores are also capable of causing infection, but on evidence exists of infection arising directly by germ tubes produced from germinating oospores. The process of infection and pathogenesis in susceptible, moderately resistant and resistant Brassica genotypes have been determined. Molecular mechanism of host pathogen interaction is also known.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

    Govind Singh Saharan

  2. Agriculture and Agi-Food Canada Saskatoon Research Station, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Prithwi Raj Verma

  3. Crop Protection Unit, Directorate of Rapeseed – Mustard Research (ICAR), Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

    Prabhu Dayal Meena

  4. Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan – II, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Saharan, G., Verma, P., Meena, P., Kumar, A. (2014). Infection. In: White Rust of Crucifers: Biology, Ecology and Management. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1792-3_6

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