Phenotypes of the Fgsch9 mutants in growth, conidiation, pathogenesis, and DON production.

aDaily extension in colony radius on PDA plates.bConidiation in CMC cultures incubated at 25°C for 5 days.cDiseased spikelets per wheat head at 14 dpi.dDON production in infected wheat kernels harvested from inoculated wheat heads 14 dpi.*Mean and standard deviation were calculated from four independent replicates. Data were analyzed with the protected Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) test. Different letters were used to mark statistically significant difference (P = 0.05).