Figure 5.

Germination, appressorium and invasive hyphae formation by Ina168 wild‐type (WT), ∆mosvp‐7 and ∆mosvp + MoSVP. The germination ratio was calculated as the mean percentage of conidia that had germinated after 24 h on glass coverslips. The mean percentage of appressorium formation on glass coverslips among the germinated conidia is shown. Four replicates of 50 conidia were counted for each observation. The mean percentage of invasive hyphae formation at 32 hpi on barely cultivar Nigrate cotyledons from appressoria is shown. Eight replicates of 150 conidia were counted for each observation. Vertical bars indicate standard deviations.