Figure 5.

Analysis of lesion size of wheat leaves and F. graminearum spores number after BSMV induced Fg-sRNA1 silencing. (A) Lesion area phenotypes of F. graminearum infected wheat leaves which were pre-inoculated by BSMV empty vector (BSMV: EV) and BSMV: STTM-FgsRNA1, were photographed at 1, 3 and 5 dpi. BSMV = EV infected wheat plants were used as controls; (B) lesion-size (mm²) of corresponding different treatments; and (C) number of F. graminearum spores produced by lesions on corresponding treated wheat leaves. Error bars representing SE were calculated from three replicates. Significance was determined at * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 (n ≥ 3) with a t-test.