qPCR-based quantification reveals early biomass differences of Alternaria japonica and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in two field pennycress accessions
This study characterizes the susceptibility of two field pennycress accessions to *Alternaria japonica* and *Sclerotinia sclerotiorum* and demonstrates that an optimized qPCR-based assay provides sensitive, early-stage quantification of fungal biomass that surpasses the limitations of visual disease scoring.