FIGURE 1.

BABA elicitation retarded disease development in peaches inoculated with the fungal pathogen Rhizopus stolonifer. (a) Lesion diameter, (b) disease incidence, and (c) visual appearance measured at 24 hr intervals after inoculation of peach fruit with R. stolonifer. Peaches were dot‐inoculated with double‐deionized water (purple bars) or 50 mM BABA (pink bars) before inoculation with R. stolonifer. Lesion diameter and disease incidence were recorded as the mean ± SE. Different lowercase letters above the bar indicate a significant (p < 0.05) difference among BABA‐treated, R. stolonifer‐inoculated, and control peaches. Representative peaches were photographed and compared at 24, 48, and 72 hr postinoculation (hpi) of storage at 20°C