Table 1.

List of candidate genes for conidial adhesion factors

	Feature ID	Product	12h(C) or 24h(D) means High/Low
High C→Low A	AFUA_5G14680	conserved hypothetical protein	0.7
	AFUA_8G05985	conserved hypothetical protein	0.6
High C→Low B	AFUA_1G11190	eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 subunit Eef1‐beta, putative	1.2
	AFUA_4G09310	conserved hypothetical protein*	6.2
High C→Low D	AFUA_1G02290	conserved hypothetical protein	1.5
	AFUA_1G17250	conidial hydrophobin RodB* †	3.8
	AFUA_2G03720	peptidyl‐prolyl cis‐trans isomerase	1.2
	AFUA_3G07430	peptidyl‐prolyl cis‐trans isomerase/cyclophilin, putative	1.3
High D→Low B	AFUA_1G04100	conserved hypothetical protein	8.7
	AFUA_1G10150	conserved hypothetical protein	6.3
	AFUA_1G13670	conserved hypothetical protein	8.6
	AFUA_2G00967	Cupin domain protein	5.0
	AFUA_2G15290	DUF636 domain protein	1.7
	AFUA_2G17580	conidial pigment biosynthesis scytalone dehydratase Arp1	15.1
	AFUA_3G07160	class V chitinase, putative*	9.8
	AFUA_3G12900	MFS transporter, putative	3.0
	AFUA_4G01030	conserved hypothetical protein* †	28.3
	AFUA_4G02805	Asp hemolysin‐like protein* †	3.0
	AFUA_4G05900	conserved hypothetical protein	5.0
	AFUA_4G06370	conserved hypothetical protein	18.5
	AFUA_4G09600	GPI anchored protein, putative*	62.4
	AFUA_4G12470	bZIP transcription factor CpcA	2.6
	AFUA_4G14530	glutathione S‐transferase Ure2‐like, putative	9.7
	AFUA_5G00590	hypothetical protein	1.1
	AFUA_5G02320	conserved hypothetical protein	3.7
	AFUA_6G03210	conidiation‐specific protein (Con‐10), putative*	21.3
	AFUA_6G03350	GNAT family N‐acetyltransferase, putative	2.2
	AFUA_8G00510	cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase OrdA‐like, putative	3.6
	AFUA_8G06180	DOC family protein	3.3
	AFUA_8G06200	conserved hypothetical protein*	58.5
	AFUA_8G07060	hydrophobin, putative	24.1

^* Genes for which deletion mutants were attempted.

^† Genes for which deletion mutants were obtained.