Plant Lesion size (mm)a
3 dpi 7 dpi
Xanthi-nc. 2.38 ± 0.37b 4.54 ± 0.61c
nahG 2.56 ± 0.44 5.73 ± 0.73d
N. megalosiphon 2.63 ± 0.50b 5.38 ± 0.83c,d
aLesion size is the mean of 30 lesions on four plants (one leaf per plant) ± SD. bdP > 0.05. cP<0.0005. dP>0.05. Experiment was repeated four times with similar results.
Table 2: Size of local lesions after TMV infection in tobacco (N. tabacum cv. Xanthi-nc.), transgenic tobacco expressing salicylate hydroxylase (nahG), and in N. megalosiphon.