Figure 6

(a) Relative expression of defense-related transcripts (Cat2, NPR1, PR1 and PR5) in systemic leaves of N. benthamiana inoculated with PVX-AV2, PVX-AV2Δ10N and PVX at 8 and 21 dpi. (b) Relative expression of SA-responsive genes in systemic leaves of S. lycopersicum infected with ToLCPalV (A+B) and ToLCPalV∆AV2 (A∆AV2+B) at 21 dpi. The EF1α was used to normalize the transcripts. Asterisk on the top of the bars depict the statistical significant differences between mock and infected samples using Student’s-T test(*(P < 0.05), **(P < 0.01) and ***(P < 0.001). All experiments were performed with three biological and technical replicates.