Figure 7.
Soluble sugar analysis of the plants (comparable source leaves used in infections) treated with inulin and LOS in response to treatment and B. cinerea infection. Quantification of (A) Glucose (Glc) (B) Fructose (Fru), (C) Sucrose (Suc), (D) total sugars (Glc + Fru + Suc) and (E) hexoses (Glc + Fru) in untreated, H2O-treated, inulin-treated and LOS-treated plants (3 h, 24 h and 72 h) followed by infection for 24 h (96 h). Infection control (IC) plants contained infection buffer without spores. Bars represent the mean ± SE (n = 6, biological repeats). Statistical significance is indicated by different letters (a,b) within the same time point (p < 0.05) and with an asterisk (* p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001) between time points, and is based on two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test and adjusted p values. Experiments were repeated three times with consistent results.