Fig. 5. MdATG18a overexpression elevated chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase activity upon D. mali infection.
Expression was analyzed at 6 dpi. Chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase activity was measured at 10 dpi. Expression levels were calculated relative to the expression of Malus EF-1α mRNA. Expression in WT under control conditions was set to “1”. Data are means of three replicates with SD. Experimental data were presented as means ± SD. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments, according to one-way ANOVA Tukey’s multiple range tests (P < 0.05)