A sensitive bioassay for detecting Plasmodiophora brassicae in canola field soils
Will Feindel, Kher Zahr, Ronald Nyandoro, Shiming Xue, Tiesen Cao, David Feindel, Michael Harding, Habibur Rahman, Fengqun Yu, Jie Feng
The paper describes a bioassay for detecting viable Plasmodiophora brassicae in soil samples, showing it can detect as few as 1 resting spore per gram of soil, outperforming qPCR in sensitivity.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology