Table 2.
Susceptibility of E7H and E9G flowers with dexamethasone (DEX) or dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) treatment to Botrytis cinerea. Data were pooled from two independent experiments, with eight flowers per treatment. Different letters indicate significant differences between the treatment of two lines at a given time point (P ≤ 0.05, ± SE, n = 8)
| Treatment | Healthy flowers* (%) | Expanding lesion per flower* (%) | Lesion expansion rate† (mm/day) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E7H | E9G | E7H | E9G | E7H | E9G | |
| DMSO‐B | 0 | 0 | 100 ± 0.00c | 100 ± 0.00c | 4.58 ± 1.33d | 2.68 ± 0.82c |
| DEX‐B | 65 | 60 | 75 ± 0.89b | 60 ± 0.67a | 2.26 ± 0.63b | 1.43 ± 0.22a |
| DMSO‐M | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEX‐M | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B, Botrytis; M, mock; SE, standard error.
*At 5 days post‐inoculation (dpi).
†Calculated over the period from 5 to 6 dpi.