Figure 3

Role of the non-core T3Es in colonization of wheat leaves by Psy SM-R. Endophytic growth after leaf infiltration of (A) individual T3E mutants and (B) double and the triple T3E deletion mutants as compared to the wild type (wt) Psy SM-R. (C) Disease symptoms of Psy SM-R wt (left) and the triple hop mutant (right). The data for the wt strain is the same as in (A). DPI, days post infection; CFU, colony forming units. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean (n = 3 for all strains).