Fig. 2.

Whole-tissue invertase enzymes activities and gene expression measured at key developmental stages of WBD, spanning from green broom stages (GB) to early necrosis. (A) Cell wall (cw-), and vacuolar (vac-) invertase activities portrayed as fold increase in infected tissues. (B) Gene expression of a conserved fungal secreted (extracellular) invertase present in the M. perniciosa genome. (C) Gene expression of a conserved cacao cw-invertase present in the T. cacao genome. Data points represent the mean value of three biological replicates with calculated standard deviations.