Figure 9.
Fusarium wilt in tomato jasmonic acid‐insensitive 1 (jai1). Representative wild‐type (JAI1) and jasmonate‐insensitive jai1 plants that were mock infected (a) or infected with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) race 3 (b, c) are shown at 21 days post‐infection (dpi). Lower leaves of FOL‐infected plants exhibit epinasty and premature senescence when compared with uninfected plants. (d) At 35 dpi, symptoms of FOL‐infected JAI1 (n = 12) and jai1 (n = 12) plants were scored using a disease index: healthy (0), slightly wilted (1), moderately wilted (2), severely wilted (4) and dead (5). Mock‐infected JAI1 (n = 6) and jai1 (n = 6) plants exhibited no wilt symptoms.