Inducible gene-silencing in Nicotiana attenuata in its native habitat.
(a) i-irpds plants three days after application of DEX-containing lanolin paste.
(b) i-irpds plants six days after application of DEX-containing lanolin paste on different side branches of the same plant.
(c) i-irpds plant 12 days after application of DEX-containing lanolin paste on different side branches of the same plant.
(d) PDS (solid bars) and inverted repeat PDS (irPDS, open bars) transcript levels in leaves of DEX-containing lanolin paste treated side branches of i-irpds plants.
(e) i-irpds plants 12 days after a single application of DEX-containing lanolin paste.
Lanolin paste was applied every three days. Experiments were performed in the Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA. Error bars show standard errors (N=6).