Gene editing of EBE in the OsF3H03g promoter reduces rice susceptibility to Xoc strain RS105/Tal2b. (a) Genotypes of the EBE gene editing lines (gEBETal2b-16 and gEBETal2b-17) in the OsF3H03g promoter. The sequences in red represent the Tal2b binding sites, and the bases in blue represent the substitution in the OsF3H03g promoter. (b) Relative expression level of OsF3H03g in the ZH11, gEBETal2b-16 and gEBETal2b-17 lines at 4 dpi with RS105 and RS105/Tal2b. OsACTIN was used as an internal control. Data represent the means ± SD, n = 3. (c) Photograph of lesion expansion and (d) diagram of lesion length in the ZH11, gEBETal2b-16 and gEBETal2b-17 lines at 14 dpi with RS105 and RS105/Tal2b. Data represent the means ± SD, n = 10. Asterisks represent significant differences between RS105 and RS105/Tal2b in ZH11 rice (* p ≤ 0.05, Student’s t-test).