Figure 2.
Antifungal activities of tomato-derived sRNAs. (A) Tobacco leaves were inoculated with B cinerea conidiospores containing tomato-derived sRNAs. (B) Diameters of the necrosis on tobacco leaves. (C–E) Expression analysis of 4 coding genes targeted by the 3 sRNAs in B cinerea treated with miR396a-5p, siR3 and siR14, respectively. Results are expressed as means ± SD of 3 biological replicates. Asterisks indicate a significant difference (*P<0.05) compared to the corresponding NC-RNA treatment.