Evaluation of the Biocontrol Potential of Endophytic Fungus Fusarium solani CEF559 against Verticillium dahliae in Cotton Plant

Figure 5

Effect of Fusarium solani CEF559 on the relative expression levels of three key genes in the lignin metabolism pathway in cotton roots after inoculation with Verticillium dahliae. Data are means of three replicate experiments in greenhouse assay. The bars represent the average induction (±SE) of gene transcripts normalized to the ubiquitin gene for three replicates. The vertical bars represent the standard error of the means. Comparisons of gene expression among treatments were conducted using a Tukey’s HSD test (SPSS, v 20.0). Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences compared with control roots (double asterisks, ; single asterisk, ): (a) PAL; (b) POD; (c) PPO.

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