FIG 7.

Infection tests on different host plant tissues. The plant tissue samples were incubated with the wild-type strain B05.10, the BcATG8 deletion mutant (ΔBcAtg8), and the complemented strain ΔBcAtg8-C. Agar plugs without fungal mycelia were used as negative controls (CK). (A to D) Disease symptoms on wounded cucumber leaves 60 h postinoculation (h.p.i.) (A), wounded tomato leaves 60 h.p.i. (B), wounded apple fruits 72 h.p.i. (C), and wounded grape fruits 72 h.p.i (D). (E) Diameters of disease lesions caused by each strain on different plant tissues. Error bars denote standard errors of the results from five repeated experiments, and asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.01).