Table 2.

Pearson correlations between defense response establishment at different tissues (cortex, epidermis, endodermis, exodermis, and vessels) and disease severity.

	Severity	Cortex	Endodermis	Epidermis	Exodermis	Vessels
Severity
Cortex	-0.2063
Endodermis	-0.1930	0.4420
Epidermis	-0.8336**	-0.0790	-0.3327
Exodermis	-0.6703*	-0.0327	0.6109	0.2854
Vessels	-0.6301	0.4578	0.5046	0.2583	0.5731

^∗, ^∗∗, ^∗∗∗Indicate significance at p < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively.