Phenotypic evaluation of P. expansum wild-type R19 and transformant T625.
A, Apples inoculated with equal amounts of spore suspensions of T625 (left) and R19 (right). B, Cultures of T625 (left) and R19 (right) on apple broth solid medium after 7 days of growth at 25 °C. C, Mean lesion diameter for apples inoculated with conidial suspensions of R19 and T625 incubated for 5 days at 25 °C. D, Mean mycelial growth rate of R19 and T625 on and off hygromycin selection. E, Mean conidial germination rate of R19 and T625 on and off hygromycin selection. Treatments with different letters are statistically significant following ANOVA and Tukey's HSD test and error bars represent standard deviation.