Figure 7.

Overexpressing CaS enhances N. benthamiana resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Phytophthora capsici. (A) N. benthamiana leaves were transiently expressed GFP (Left, control) and HopAU1-GFP (Right) 2 days before pathogen inoculation. Cell death was recorded at 24 h after inoculation of S. sclerotiorum. (C) Symptom of N. benthamiana leaves were photographed at 60 h after inoculation of P. capsici. (B,D) Lesion areas of N. benthamiana infected by S. sclerotiorum and P. capsici respectively, were calculated by ImageJ program. The experiment was conducted three biological repeats with at least ten technical replicates each and concluded with similar results. The statistical data was represented by Mean ± standard errors (SEs) using Student’s t-test (***, p < 0.001).