Fig. 8

Anti-fungal activity analysis of TvHSP70-OE engineered and WT strains. (a) Plate confrontation and (b) inhibitory rates of transgenic and WT strains against four pathogenic fungi. (c) Microscopic observation of the mycelia morphology of transgenic and WT strains against two pathogenic fungi; scale bar = 10 μm. (d) Expression levels analysis of genes related to antibiotic synthesis. WT: wild type; TvHSP70‑OE: TvHSP70 overexpressing; OE-5, OE-7 and OE-11: transgenic strains with over-expressed TvHSP70; Data are presented as mean ± S.E. of triplicate experiments; * and ** indicate a significant difference from that of WT at P < 0.05 and < 0.01