Figure 6.

Growth of B. cinerea on gae1 gae6 Plants and the Effect of B. cinerea on Expression of GAE1 and GAE6.

(A) Growth of B. cinerea isolates. Leaves of Col-0 and gae1 gae6 plants were inoculated with 2.5 × 10⁵ spores mL⁻¹ of the B. cinerea isolates indicated in the figure. Samples were collected two (2 dpi) and three (3 dpi) days later. Bars represent means ± se of six biological replicates for each fungus, combined using a mixed linear model. Asterisks indicate significant differences from wild-type Col-0 for each isolate (P < 0.05).

(B) and (C) Expression of GAE1 (B) and GAE6 (C) 48 h after inoculation with the B. cinerea isolates indicated. Expression levels were measured by qRT-PCR. Bars represent mean log₂ ratios to ACTIN2 ± se of three biological replicates, combined using a mixed linear model. Letters indicate significantly different groups (q < 0.05).