Figure 7.
Eeffect of CanPOD gene silencing on pepper plants. The photographs were taken 35 d after inoculation. (a) Phenotypes of gene silencing pepper plants. Left: control plant (pTRV2-00); Middle: CaPDS-silenced plant (pTRV2-CaPDS); Right: CanPOD-silenced plant (pTRV2-CanPOD). (b) Real-Time RT-PCR analysis of CanPOD expression levels in control (pTRV2-00) and silenced (pTRV2-CanPOD) pepper plants (#1, #2 and #3) 35 d after inoculation. (c) Peroxidase (POD) activities in leaves of the control plant (pTRV2-00) and the silenced (pTRV2-CanPOD) pepper plants (#1, #2 and #3) 35 d after inoculation. Error bars represent the mean ± SD of three independent biological replicates. Letters indicate significant differences using Fisher’s LSD test at p ≤ 0.05.