Figure 7.

Virulence assays of Ss‐Rhs1 (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Rearrangement hotspot repeat 1)‐silenced strains. (A) Detached leaves of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and Arabidopsis thaliana were inoculated with potato dextrose agar (PDA) plugs colonized with the wild‐type strain, Sirhs‐66 and Sirhs‐93. (B) Detached leaves of rapeseed were wounded with a dissecting needle and the wild‐type strain and Sirhs‐93 were placed over the wound. The experiment was repeated three times, and each strain was investigated with five rapeseed leaves or A. thaliana plants each time.