Fig. 5.
Infection assays with the pic5 mutant. Rice (A) and barley (B) leaves sprayed with conidia from the wild-type strain 70-15, pic5 mutant strains ML4 and ML13, and complement transformant MF2 (pic5/PIC5). Inoculation with 0.25% gelatin solution was used as the control. The pic5 mutant caused fewer lesions compared to the complemented transformant. (C) Injection infection assays. Rice leaves inoculated with 70-15 developed more lesions than those inoculated with ML4.