Figure 6.

Quantification of defence gene expression in sorghum and maize inoculated with S porisorium reilianum f. sp. reilianum (SRS) (black), S . reilianum f. sp. zeae (SRZ) (grey) or water (H₂O, white). Changes in transcript levels of marker genes of sorghum (Sb) are shown in (A), whereas maize (Zm) genes are shown in (B). Mean values and standard deviations of three biological replicates containing eight plants each are shown. Different letters above the columns show significant differences (t‐test with P ≤ 0.05). AN2, involved in kauralexin biosynthesis; DFR3, dihydroflavonol 4‐reductase; GSL5, glucan synthase‐like 5; LRR, leucine‐rich repeat; PR5, pathogenesis‐related protein 5; PR10, pathogenesis‐related protein 10.