FIGURE 6.

Expression of Vd424Y in Nicotiana benthamiana enhanced resistance to an oomycete pathogen. Leaf regions transiently expressing Vd424Y, Vd424N, and Vd424Y‐nls were inoculated with zoospores of Phytophthora capsici strain 35. (a) Resulting lesions visualized using trypan blue staining. (b) Quantitative PCR analysis of relative Phytophthora biomass following P. capsici infection. Infected leaves (n = 10) were collected 48 hr after infection, after which DNA was isolated and qPCR analysis was performed. (c) Size of the lesions caused by P. capsici infection on plant leaves expressing Vd424Y and Vd424Y mutations