Table 4.
Virus load in singly and co-infected source plants at 7 and 21 days of infection.
DoI* | BYDV-PAV copies/mg of leaf | WDV copies/mg of leaf | ||||||||||||||
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Singly infected plants† | Co-infected plants | Singly infected plants† | Co-infected plants | |||||||||||||
Mean | SE** | n | Mean | SE** | n | Mean | SE** | n | Mean | SE** | n | |||||
7 | 6.4 x 107 a | ± | 2,6 x 107 | 18 | 7.8 x 107 a | ± | 2.3 x107 | 21 | 1.1 x 107 a | ± | 6.3 x 106 | 18 | 1.9 x 106 a | ± | 1.17 x 106 | 10 |
21 | 8.0 x 107 a | ± | 1.1 x 107 | 17 | 8.0 x107 a | ± | 7.3 x 106 | 21 | 2.0 x 108 b | ± | 1.8 x 108 | 21 | 8.5 x 107 a | ± | 1.1 x 107 | 20 |
*: Days of infection of source plants.
†: Data illustrated in Figure 3B .
**: Standard error.
For a virus species, letters (in bold for WDV) illustrate a significant difference in viral load between singly and co-infected plants.