Figure 4. COI1 promotes infection by FOM.
Genotypes of FOM- or mock-infected offspring of the monohybrid double mutant rfo1 COI1/coi were COI1/COI1 (CC), COI1/coi1 (Cc) or coi1/coi1 (cc). (a) Wilt symptoms at 20 dpi: In upper graph, the mean radius of rosettes of n plants is in millimeters. Error bars are the confidence intervals of the means (α = 0.05). Means with the same italicized letter (above) have no significant difference, according to Student's t-test (p > 0.01). In lower graph, fractions of n plants were resistant (HI = 5), susceptible (HI = 3) or had intermediate resistance (HI = 4). (b) At 20 dpi, X-Ara stains root apices (at triangles) of FOM-infected rfo1 and rfo1 coi1, and arrows point to fine vascular staining in roots of rfo1.