FIGURE 5.

Aster leafhopper M. quadrilineatus has similar oviposition preference for plants with normal and leaf-like flower phenotype that do not express SAP54. M. quadrilineatus did not show a preference for colonization of Col-0 wild-type versus Col-0 apetala1 (ap1-12; p = 0.835), Col-0 versus Col-0 leafy (lfy-1; p = 0.985) and Col-0 versus 35S:SVP (Col-0; p = 0.960). Choice experiments were conducted with whole plants retaining both vegetative and floral organs. Data shown as percentage of M. quadrilineatus nymphs found on each test plant per total number of nymphs within a single choice cage (bars are standard error of the mean). Data were analyzed by paired t-tests. All experiments were repeated three times with similar results (Supplementary Figure S1B). Picture scale bar is approximately 1 mm.