Fig. 3

The characteristics of PsLARP4_5 deletion transformants compared to the wild-type controls in P. sojae. The parental wild-type isolate (WT) is P6497; EV is the control isolate of P. sojae transformed with an empty vector; LC is the PsLARP4_5 complemented isolate; KT1, KT18, and KT40 are the PsLARP4_5 gene deletion transformants. a Mycelial growth, b number of sporangia, c release rate of sporangia, and d zoospore production in the mutant and WT or EV or LC isolates. Bars represent the mean ± standard error (SD) from three biological replicates, with each having three technical replicates. All statistical analyses were conducted using DPS software 7.05. Differences between the means were determined by the least significant difference (LSD) multiple range test at p = 0.05