Table 2. Mycelial growth rate, sporulation and spore germination of all V. virens isolates used in this study.
| Isolate/transformant | Description | No. of isolates | Colony growth rate (mm d−1) |
Sporulationa |
Spore germinationb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanc | Range | Meanc | Range | Meanc | Range | |||
| FJ4-1b | Wild type isolate | 1 | 3.9 ± 0.34ab | 3.5–4.3 | 5.7 ± 0.22a | 5.4–5.8 | 90.0 ± 2.00a | 88.0–92.0 |
| UV10th | UV mutagenesis mutant | 1 | 3.4 ± 0.11b | 3.3–3.5 | 6.5 ± 0.04a | 6.4–6.5 | 81.3 ± 6.11a | 76.0–88.0 |
| P-F | pB-Vv51wt transformants | 26 | 2.7 ± 0.56c | 1.4–3.3 | 4.8 ± 2.33a | 0–7.1 | 78.0 ± 22.29a | 32.0–97.3 |
| P-10th | pB-Vv51mut transformants | 13 | 4.0 ± 0.60a | 3.1–4.7 | 2.1 ± 2.08b | 0–4.8 | 76.0 ± 22.52a | 50.0–89.3 |
alog-transformed number of conidia per cm2.
bPercentage of germinated conidia after 12 h incubation (n = 100).
cMean ± S.E.M (standard error of mean); values within the same column followed by the same letters are not significantly different based on the analysis of least significant difference (LSD) test at P = 0.05.