Figure 3.

Quantitative evaluation of lower stem disease symptoms in the 2020 field experiment (41 DAS). (A). Stabbing-free treatments. (B). Stabbing inoculation treatments. Categories are described in Figure 2. Control− are plots without a complementary inoculation. Control+ are plots with M. maydis complementary infection. The other treatments are infected plots with T. asperellum (P1) and T. longibrachiatum (T7407). The control− are stabbing plots wounded with clean, sterilized toothpicks. Values are calculated based on 10–23 plants in each treatment in at least two repeats. Deviation bars represent standard error. No statistical difference between the treatments or the treatments and controls could be identified using the one-way ANOVA test.