Fig 5. HaRxL23 rescues the reduced lesion phenotype of the ΔavrE1 strain in tomato Moneymaker plants.

(A) Disease symptoms (lesion production) on tomato cv. Moneymaker plants 8 days after dip inoculation of the indicated strains of Pto DC3000 at 1x10⁸ cfu/ml bacterial culture. (B) Number of lesions (≥0.25mm²) per whole leaf appearing on plants 8 days after dipping inoculation with the respective bacterial strains. Values indicate mean and error bars indicate standard error on at least five whole leaves assayed for each treatment. P-value * < 0.01; t-test comparisons representing significant differences with DC3000; + < 0.01; t-test comparisons representing significant differences with ΔavrE1. This experiment was repeated three times with similar results.