Figure 6.

C ochliobolus miyabeanus infection assays on rice (O ryza sativa) leaf pieces. (a, b) Leaf pieces of 5‐week‐old rice plants were spray inoculated with a spore solution (1 × 10⁴ conidia/mL) of C . miyabeanus  Cm988 wild‐type (WT) or C m988Δ C mnps3. Lesions were counted per leaf piece at 48 h post‐inoculation (hpi) (a) and the percentage affected leaf area was measured at 72 hpi (b). (c, d) Leaf pieces of 5‐week‐old plants were spray inoculated with a mycelial suspension [5 × 10⁴ colony‐forming units (CFU)/mL] of WK1C WT or WK1C Δ C mnps3 mutant. Lesions were counted per leaf piece at 48 hpi (c) and the percentage affected leaf area was measured at 72 hpi (d). Photographs show representative symptoms at the respective time points. Results are means ± standard error (SE). *Significant differences (Kruskal–Wallis rank test, α = 0.05).