FIG 6.

qPCR analysis of the levels of expression of five tomato defense-related genes (PR1b1, PR-P2, PINI, PINII, and TomLoxA) and three development-related genes (SUCS, ACCS, and GA1) in leaves collected from tomato plants whose seeds were coated with conidia of T34-5.27-tri4.2 versus the expression levels of these genes in leaves from plants inoculated with the control T34-5.27-b1 strain (A) and in the same plants as in panel A, but infected with B05.10 (+B) after 4 weeks of growth (see Materials and Methods) (B). Calculations and graphic representations were performed as indicated in the legend to Fig. 3.