Fig. 8From: Knockout of the entire family of AITR genes in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced drought and salinity tolerance without fitness costsResponse of the aitr mutants to pathogen infection. Seeds of the Col wild type and the aitr256 triple and aitr123456 sextuple mutants were germinated directly and grown in soil pots in a growth chamber at short-day condition. Plants about four-week-old were infiltrated with Pto DC3000, Pto DC3000 hrcC− and Pto DC3000 AvrRpt2 respectively. Samples were collected at day 0 and day 3, and bacterial growth was examined. The experiments were repeated twice, and similar results were obtained. Data represent the mean ± SD of 4 samplesBack to article page