Fig. 5.

Resistance of BP178 rice seeds to Dickeya sp. infection. a Phenotypical appearance of wild-type (Senia and Ariete cultivars), empty vector (EV) and the transgenic seedlings carrying the indicated transgenes after 7 days in contact with Dickeya sp. 1552.10.1 bacterial suspensions (10⁷ cfu/mL). Pictures are representative of at least 2 independent assays in which 12 seeds per line were analysed. b Germination capability of Dickeya-infected T3 rice seeds expressing the BP178 gene. Mean germination index (12 seeds) in inoculated (dark grey) or non-inoculated (pale grey) seeds at 7 days after inoculation. Values correspond to the mean germination index of two independent assays. The standard error is also indicated. The asterisks indicate statistically significant differences compared to the WT and empty vector mean (Tukey’s test, *p < 0.001)