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. 2016 Dec 21;7:1915. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01915

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Verticillium dahliae does not facilitate Avr2 uptake in tomato. (A) Representative pictures of mock (upper row) and V. dahliae race 1 JR2 (bottom row) inoculated Moneymaker, ΔspAvr2 and Avr2 transgenic tomato plants at 21 days post inoculation (dpi). Hyper-susceptibility was only observed in ΔspAvr2 plants. As a measure for disease development (B) fresh weight and leaf canopy surface of inoculated plants was measured. Error bar represent mean ± SE. (P < 0.05; ∗∗∗P < 0.001). (C) As a measure of V. dahliae colonization stem sections from the cotyledon (top-left), second node (top-right) and fourth node (bottom-center) of each plant were collected at 21 dpi and placed on PDA plates. Pictures were taken 5 days post incubation on plate. (D) Fungal progression in the stem was expressed as a percentage of infected slices.