Table 4 The proportion of infected crabapple seed tissues and log concentrations of V. mali in infected tissues.

From: Latent Infection of Valsa mali in the Seeds, Seedlings and Twigs of Crabapple and Apple Trees is a Potential Inoculum Source of Valsa Canker

Seed tissue

N*

ps (%)

LogC**

F

P

Exopleura

30

30

3.05 ± 0.11 a

10.01

0.007

Endopleura

30

20

2.90 ± 0.04 b

  

Cotyledon

30

0

—

  

Plantule

30

0

—

  
  1. *N indicates the number of crabapple seed tissues; ps indicates the proportion of crabapple seeds infected with V. mali.
  2. **LogC represents the log concentration of the V. mali genomic DNA copies in the infected crabapple seeds; “—” means the concentration of V. mali genomic DNA copies in sample is 0 copies g−1; the statistical analysis of LogC between different regions was performed with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); different letters indicate a significant difference between different crabapple seed tissues (P < 0.05).
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