Pathogenicity properties of wild-type strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and the Xcc 8004 strain-specific mutants tested on various host plants
Average virulence level (standard deviation)a | |||||||||
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| Cabbage | Radish (Huaye) | Radish (Xiaojingzhong) | Chinese cabbage | Pakchoi cabbage | |||||
| Wild-type strains | |||||||||
| Xcc 8004 | 4 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | ||||
| Xcc ATCC 33913 | 0.67 (0.49)b | 0 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | 3.7 (0.49)b | 4 (0.00) | ||||
| Xcc 8004 strain-specific segment mutants | |||||||||
| XC2055 | 1.9 (0.20)b | 4 (0.00) | 4 (0.00) | 1.9 (0.20)b | 2.9 (0.20)b | ||||
| XC2068 | 1.8 (0.39)b | 2.3 (0.65)b | 3.3 (0.87)b | 3.8 (0.62) | 3.8 (0.45) | ||||
| XC2416 | 2.0 (0.14)b | 0.3 (0.49)b | 3.8 (0.39) | 2.9 (0.52)b | 4 (0.00) | ||||
| Control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
a Virulence level scale and plant inoculation approach are described in Methods (Dow et al. 1990). Each average virulence level was calculated from a data set consisting of ≥36 inoculation sites distributed over ≥3 leaves on ≥6 individual plants. Symptoms were scored on the 10th day post-inoculation. Standard deviations are shown in the parentheses.
b P < 0.05 vs. Xcc 8004, by t-test.