Fig 1. Inoculation of M. fijiensis in ‘Williams’ and ‘Calcutta-4’.
The first bioassay was performed on six months old banana plants grown in soil in bags in the greenhouse. M. fijiensis hyphae (arrow) penetrating banana leaf through stomata after 6 days post inoculation in the resistant accession ‘Calcutta-4’, bar indicates 15 μM (A) and the susceptible banana cultivar ‘Williams’, bar indicates 45 μM (B). ‘Calcutta-4’, 28 days post inoculation (DPI), bar indicates 5 mm (C). ‘Williams’, 28 days post inoculation (DPI), bar indicates 5 mm (D).