Fig. 5: The requirement of MoHTR1 and MoHTR2 for full virulence.

4-week-old Nakdong rice seedlings were sprayed with conidial suspensions (5 × 104 mL−1) of KJ201 (wild type), two MoHTR knockout mutants, and complemented mutant strains. a Representative infected leaves were collected at 7 dpi, and b quantified data are shown. n = 10 independently inoculated plants; mean ± SD; *P < 0.05, one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s HSD test. Three independent infection assays produced similar results. Detailed information about biological repeat experiments and statistical analysis underlying Fig. 5b are provided as a Source Data file.