FIG 7.

Knockout strains exhibited higher and lower average growth levels at 2 h (blue) and 3 h (red) postinoculation compared with wild-type strains of both A and a mating types (wt-A and wt-a). Phenotyping was performed on paired knockout and wild-type strains. Measurements of growth were conducted for three replicates of 20 randomly picked conidia for each strain. A high standard deviation value is evident, arising primarily as a consequence of a high variance in the starting time of germination.