. 2024 Mar 5;15:1321921. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1321921

Table 1.

Effect of thrips injury on purple blotch symptom expression.

Injury	A. porri isolate	No. of lesions/plants	Average lesion length (cm)	Average lesion size (cm²)
Uninjured	Ap 1	2.20^j ± 0.20	0.62^g ± 0.07	0.23^h ± 0.04
	Ap 2	2.40^ij ± 0.24	0.62^g ± 0.03	0.26^h ± 0.09
	Ap 3	2.60^ij ± 0.24	0.68^g ± 0.08	0.28^h ± 0.07
	Ap 4	3.00^ij ± 0.31	0.70^g ± 0.07	0.40^h ± 0.05
Mechanical injury	Ap 1	3.20^hi ± 0.37	2.12^f ± 0.08	1.30^g ± 0.14
	Ap 2	4.00^gh ± 0.31	2.30^ef± 0.03	1.42^fg ± 0.21
	Ap 3	4.20^g ± 0.37	2.44^e ± 0.05	1.79^ef ± 0.12
	Ap 4	4.40^fg ± 0.40	2.74^d ± 0.06	1.99^de ± 0.26
T. parvispinus injury	Ap 1	5.20^ef ± 0.37	3.00^c ± 0.10	2.34^cd ± 0.19
	Ap 2	5.60^de ± 0.24	3.16^bc ± 0.17	2.43^bcd ± 0.19
	Ap 3	5.80^de ± 0.37	3.18^bc ± 0.13	2.79^abc ± 0.11
	Ap 4	6.40^bcd ± 0.40	3.36^b± 0.11	2.89^ab ± 0.11
T. tabaci injury	Ap 1	6.20^cd ± 0.37	3.92^a ± 0.08	2.88^ab ± 0.30
	Ap 2	6.80^abc ± 0.37	3.94^a ± 0.09	3.02^a ± 0.25
	Ap 3	7.20^ab ± 0.37	3.98^a ± 0.12	3.21^a ± 0.30
	Ap 4	7.60^a ± 0.51	4.04^a ± 0.12	3.31^a ± 0.17
Control		0.00^k ± 0.00	0.00^k ± 0.00	0.00^h ± 0.00

Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different (P < 0.05, Duncan's Multiple Range Test).