The hnRNP-Q Protein LIF2 Participates in the Plant Immune Response
Figure 5
LIF2 is involved in the plant defense response to S. sclerotiorum.
Leaves of four-week-old plants were inoculated with S. sclerotiorum strain S55. The lif2 alleles and the complemented lif2-c line in the Col-0 background were analysed. A. thaliana Col-0, Rubezhnoe-1 (Rbz-1) (more resistant than Col-0), and Shahdara (Sha) (more susceptible than Col-0) accessions were used as controls. (A) Symptoms at 7 dpi. (B) The disease score was evaluated for each line at 7 dpi. Means and standard deviations were based on at least twenty plants per line. A significant difference in susceptibility relative to that of the Col-0 accession is indicated with an asterisk (Kruskal and Wallis's test, * p<0.05).