Fig. 6.

Resistance of BP178-rice seeds to Fusarium verticillioides infection. a Phenotypical appearance of wild-type (WT) and transgenic seedlings carrying the indicated transgenes or the empty vector (EV) 7 days after germination in contact with F. verticillioides spore suspensions (10⁵ spores/mL). Pictures are representative of 3 independent assays b Germination capability of the fungal inoculated transgenic seeds referred to wild-type seeds. Values correspond to the mean germination rate and standard errors of three independent assays in which at least 3 independent lines per transgene were analysed. Asterisks denote statistically significant differences with wild-type and empty vector plants (Tukey’s test, *p < 0.001)