Figure 3.

Antisense but not sense sRNA inhibits sporulation. Arabidopsis seedlings were drop inoculated with Hpa‐Emoy2 spores containing 0, 5, 10 and 20 µM sense or antisense sRNA. Ten inoculated seedlings from each sample were collected at 7 days post‐inoculation and placed in 250 µL H₂O. The number of spores was counted using a haemocytometer. The average and standard error of three replicates are shown. The experiment was repeated five times with similar results. Asterisks (*) indicate significant difference to control inoculation at the corresponding sRNA (P < 0.05, paired Student’s t‐tests).