FIGURE 2.
Growth rate, carbon source utilization, and conidia production by VdSOD1 deletion strains. (a) Radial growth of VdSOD1 deletion strains, complemented strains (EC), and wildtype strain Vd991 on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and Czapek medium supplemented with carbon sources sucrose, starch, pectin, or cellulose, respectively, after incubation at 25 °C for 12 days. A 2 μl conidial suspension (5 × 106 conidia/ml) was placed in the centre of the plates as inoculum. (b) Colony diameters on different growth media after 12 days’ incubation. Means and standard deviations from three biological replicates are shown. Double asterisks indicate significant differences at p < 0.01. (c) Conidia production after 7 days’ incubation on PDA. Conidia counts were from 5‐mm‐diameter PDA plugs from the colony edge. Error bars represent the standard deviations of the mean from three independent experiments