Phenotype observation and pathogenicity assay of targeted gene deletion mutants.

Ten down-regulated genes in the Moap1 mutant were selected for gene deletion and the phenotype of each mutant was compared and displayed. Gene ID numbers were sourced from www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/magnaporthe_grisea/. ^a Log₂ ratio (Moap1/Guy11) value stands for gene expression fold differences in the Moap1 mutants. ^b Co represents conidiation and ^c AP represents appressorium. ^d The diseased leaves were harvested at 5 dpi, and the results at 7 dpi displayed in Figure S12. ^e The letter Y stands for yes and N stands for no.