Figure 2. Disruption of cdc14 in B. bassiana caused severe defects in the production of blastospores and conidia.

(A) Blastospore yields in liquid SDB cultures initiated with 10⁶ conidia/ml and shaken for 3 days at 25°C. (B) Conidial yields over the period of incubation on SDAY plates at 25°C. The asterisked bar in each group differs significantly from those unmarked (Tukey's HSD, P < 0.05). (C) Relative transcript levels (RTL) of eight conidiation-associated genes in 3-day SDAY cultures at 25°C based on qRT-PCR with paired primers (Table S1). Error bars: SD from three replicates.