Figure 13.

Expression of different index levels of leaves in M82 and H8 plants. After the TSWV inoculum was applied to tomato M82 and H8 plants, the relative transcript expression levels of PR-10 protein, TSWV-cp protein, and Sw-5b were determined using qRT-PCR, and the relative transcript levels were normalized to the control gene Actin. The expression levels in the leaf tissues were measured at different disease index levels. Light yellow bars represent the PR-10 proteins, blue bars represent the TSWV-cp protein, and light green bars represent the Sw-5b. The mean values (±SD) from three biological replicates are presented as relative changes. The least significant difference (LSD) test was used to determine if a gene showed significant induction as compared to the transcript abundance of the control group (MCK represents the M82, CK plant; MTR represents the M82-treated plant; HCK represents the H8, CK plant; and HTR represents the H8-treated plant). Asterisk indicates statistically significant; * p = 0.05, and ns = non-significant are the p values.