Fig 12. Germling adhesion is reduced in the cda2/cbp1/cda3 strain.

Adhesion of WT (white bars) and cda2/cbp1/cda3 germlings (grey bars) on A) hydrophobic and B) hydrophilic glass surfaces with or without 0.01% chitosan (w/v). Conidial suspensions of equal concentrations were inoculated onto each surface and incubated for 2 hr, followed by 5 min washing with H₂O, on an orbital shaker at 100 rpm. Germling adhesion was significantly reduced in the triple deletion strain (Student's T-test, *** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05), but restored by the addition of exogenous chitosan. Error bars: SD, n = 4.