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. 2012 Jan 18;7(1):e30298. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030298

Table 2. Linear correlation of phenotypic parameters measured from the control strains and the knockout and RNAi mutants of BbSod2 and BbSod3.

Linear correlation of dependent versus independent variables r2 P value
Intracellular ROS level (RFI) vs. SOD activity (U/mg proteins) 0.997 <0.0001
Tolerance of colony growth to menadione (EC50) vs. SOD activity 0.867 0.0008
Tolerance of colony growth to H2O2 (EC50) vs. SOD activity 0.794 0.0030
Conidial germination rate at 0.2 mM menadione vs. SOD activity 0.788 0.0032
Conidial germination rate at 2 mM H2O2 vs. SOD activity 0.793 0.0030
Conidial tolerance to UV-A irradiation (LD50) vs. SOD activity 0.890 0.0004
Conidial tolerance to UV-B irradiation (LD50) vs. SOD activity 0.896 0.0004
Conidial infectivity (LT50 against aphids) vs. SOD activity 0.909 0.0002
Conidial tolerance to UV-A vs. conidial tolerance to 0.2 mM menadione 0.932 0.0001
Conidial tolerance to UV-B vs. conidial tolerance to 0.2 mM menadione 0.975 <0.0001
Conidial infectivity (LT50) vs. conidial tolerance to 0.2 mM menadione 0.824 0.0018
Conidial tolerance to UV-A vs. conidial tolerance to 2 mM H2O2 0.904 0.0003
Conidial tolerance to UV-B vs. conidial tolerance to 2 mM H2O2 0.974 <0.0001
Conidial infectivity (LT50) vs. conidial tolerance to 2 mM H2O2 0.817 0.0021