TABLE 1.
Pyruvate suppressed M. oryzae appressorium formation
| Strain | AP%a
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated | 0.25 mM pyruvate | 0.50 mM pyruvate | |
| Wild type | 87.2 ± 3.5 | 90.65 ± 9.2 | 7.5 ± 0.7** |
| PKOX | 91.5 ± 9.2 | 74.3 ± 17.1 | 13.1 ± 8.5** |
| PK(M1)OX | 94.7 ± 3.4 | 91.6 ± 3.5 | 18.0 ± 24.1** |
| PK(M2)OX | 92.0 ± 5.6 | 87.5 ± 13.4 | 53.0 ± 16.8** |
a
AP%, percent appressorium formation. The values are means ± standard errors (SE) derived from three independent repeats (n ≥ 50 for each instance). Values for pyruvate-treated conidia that are significantly different from the values for the untreated condition for the same strain are indicated by a pair of asterisks.