TABLE 3.

Comparison of C. parasitica pro1 and cpst12 gene disruption mutant strains

Characteristic	Result for:
	pro1 disruption mutant	cpst12 disruption mutantb
Vegetative growth	Same as the wild-type level, with increased aerial hyphae	Same as the wild-type level
Asexual sporulation	No or few conidia produced under standard laboratory conditionsa	Significantly more conidia produced than for the wild-type strain
Sexual sporulation	Female sterile	Female sterile
Virulence	Same as the wild-type level	Significantly reduced

^aRefer to Table 2.

^bReference 16.