Research Article

ChSte7 Is Required for Vegetative Growth and Various Plant Infection Processes in Colletotrichum higginsianum

Table 3

Growth rate, biomass, conidiation, and conidial germination of the ChSte7 disruption mutants and complementation strain of C. higginsianum.

StrainGrowth rate (mm/d)Mycelial dry weight (mg/mL)Conidiation (106/plate)Germination rate (%)

Ch-14.3 ± 0.22.9 ± 0.128.0 ± 2.075.5 ± 6.9
ChSte7-262.4 ± 0.11.1 ± 0.226.7 ± 1.56.2 ± 0.6
ChSte7-482.5 ± 0.10.9 ± 0.227.0 ± 0.77.5 ± 2.0
CChSte7-26-204.2 ± 0.12.9 ± 0.224.7 ± 0.676.5 ± 3.3

Numbers indicated by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different at in a test of LSD.