Figure 13.

Differentially expressed genes involved in pathogen defense response in high ascorbate line. (a) List of genes that were down‐regulated and important for pathogen defense response in MIOX4 OE compared to WT. (b) Pseudomonas syringae infection did not alter the susceptibility of lines with high ascorbate level. MIOX4 OE response was similar to WT when challenged with P. syringae, whereas low ascorbate line vtc2‐1 was resistant to P. syringae infection. Data are means ± SD (n = 3). (c) Defense hormone salicylic acid (SA) was higher in MIOX4 OE line compared to WT l. Data are means ± SEM (n = 5), *indicates p < .05, and ****indicates p < .0001 at 0.05 significance level