Virus-induced anti-aphid resistance mapped to Fny-CMV RNA2.

<p>(A) Growth rate of individual aphids on plants infected with reassortant versions of CMV, n≥24. (B) Accumulation of viral RNA measured by RT-Q-PCR relative to the accumulation of Fny-CMV (F₁F₂F₃) at 14 days post-inoculation. Viral reassortants generated using combinations of CMV genomic RNAs 1, 2 or 3 (subscript numbering) of either Fny-CMV (indicated by F) or LS-CMV (L) were used to inoculate wild-type Arabidopsis plants (Col-0 ecotype). Mock indicates a mock-inoculated plant. Different letters (a-d) are assigned to statistically different results (ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey’s tests, <i>P</i><0.05). Error bars represent standard error of the mean.