Related tissue | EPG parameter | Wild type (Ws) n1 = 18 | Mutant 3790 n = 15 | Pvalue2 |
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Epidermal | Time to first probe (min) | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 2 ± 0.4 | 0.870 |
Prephloem | Number of probes before first phloem contact | 10.5 ± 2.6 | 13.2 ± 4.6 | 0.969 |
 | Time from first probe to first phloem contact (min) | 61.6 ± 12.4 | 113.6 ± 15.5 | 0.024 |
Phloem | Total time of phloem salivation (min) | 10.8 ± 1.5 | 8.1 ± 1.6 | 0.025 |
 | Number of phloem salivation events | 14.3 ± 1.8 | 10.1 ± 1.8 | 0.240 |
 | Average duration of phloem salivation (min) | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.462 |
 | Total time of phloem ingestion (min) | 97.5 ± 10.4 | 33.3 ± 8.2 | 0.001 |
 | Number of phloem ingestion events | 13.3 ± 1.6 | 8.7 ± 1.7 | 0.110 |
 | Average duration of phloem ingestion (min) | 7.8 ± 0.8 | 4.3 ± 1.0 | 0.003 |
 | Total time of sustained (>10 min) phloem ingestion | 64.2 ± 9.4 | 20.4 ± 2.5 | 0.002 |
 | Number of sustained (>10 min) phloem ingestion | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 0.001 |
 | Average duration of sustained (>10 min) phloem ingestion | 17.4 ± 2.5 | 12.7 ± 1.7 | 0.032 |
All tissues | Total time of non-probing (min) | 106.4 ± 16.9 | 148.3 ± 11.3 | 0.023 |
 | Total time of pathway phase (min) | 247.5 ± 11.5 | 261.4 ± 13.3 | 0.278 |
 | Number of aphids with sustained (>10 min) phloem ingestion | 18.0 (100%) | 11.0 (73%) | 0.030 |
Xylem | Total time of G | 15.2 ± 5.8 | 16.2 ± 4.7 | 0.912 |
 | Number of G | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 0.195 |