Figure 4.

BAK1 overexpression restricts bacterial growth. After a pretreatment with estradiol, flg22, or both solvents as a control, seedlings were dip inoculated with P. syringae pv tomato DC3000. Bacteria were extracted and counted 4 h (0 dpi) and 48 h post inoculation (2 dpi). The bars show averages of three samples with error bars indicating se. Significant differences (ANOVA test, P < 0.01) are indicated by different letters. cfu, Colony-forming units. Similar results were obtained in three independent experiments.