Fig. 5

Resistance of the AtELP3 and AtELP4 transgenic F. vesca plants to angular leaf spot. a Responses at the inoculation sites to which different disease scores were assigned after inoculation with X. fragariae. Score 0: transient water-soaking from inoculation no longer evident; Score 1: transient water-soaking evident; Score 2: slight chlorosis or necrosis in the center of the inoculation site; and Score 3: water-soaking expanding beyond inoculation site with bacterial exudate often evident. b Disease scores of angular leaf spot on the three AtELP3 (E3) and two AtELP4 (E4) transgenic lines and the non-transformed control (Cont.). Data represent the average of 15 biological replicates with SD. An asterisk indicates significant difference between the transgenic line and the non-transformed control (Student’s t-test, p < 0.05). c Colony forming unit (CFU) of X. fragariae in the three AtELP3 (E3) and two AtELP4 (E4) transgenic lines and the non-transformed control (Cont.). Data represent the average of 15 biological replicates with SD. An asterisk indicates significant difference between the transgenic line and the non-transformed control (Student’s t-test, p < 0.05). The Experiments in (b) and (c) were repeated three times with similar trends