Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens
Figure 6
Targeted knock-out of the putative glucan glucosyltransferase in Verticillium dahliae, strain VdLs.17, results in reduced fungal virulence on Nicotiana benthamiana.
The picture shows non-inoculated N. benthamiana plants (mock) and N. benthamiana plants inoculated with the VdLs.17 wild-type strain or two independent glucan glucosyltransferase gene (VDAG_02071) knock out strains (ΔGT-A and ΔGT-B), at 18 days postinoculation (dpi). The assay was performed three times with similar results.