Table III.

Trait means for susceptible (rpp5) plants infected with P. parasitica Noco2 or given a mock treatment and wild-type Columbia plants infected with X. campestris 8004 (OD₆₀₀ = 0.03) or given a mock treatment^**d

Trait	Competitiona		No Competition		X. campestrisb	Mock
	P. parasiticab	Mock	P. parasitica	Mock
Flowering time (d)	37.8*c	39.1	35.8	36.4	46.1***	48.9
No. of aerial branches	5.2	5.4	6.3*	7.1	5.5***	6.9
Height (cm)	32.3	32.7	40.3	41.2	28.8	28.0
No. of basal branches	0.2	0.1	2.4	2	0.3	0
No. of siliques on the basal branches	1.6	0.6	63*	37	n.d.	n.d.

^a Grown with six untreated RPP5-resistant plants.

^b X. campestris and P. parasitica data are from a separate experiments with different experimental conditions.

^c Asterisks indicate significant differences between pathogen-infected and mock-treated plants detected within competition treatment.

^*, P < 0.05;

^**, P < 0.01;

^***, P < 0.001.

^d n.d., Not determined due to the rarity of basal branches.