Fig. 6

Expression patterns of selected predicted target genes in maize of VA milRNAs detected by real-time RT-PCR. Maize indicates the maize sheath; 12 hpi, 24 hpi, 3 dpi, and 5 dpi indicate 0 h, 12 h, 24 h, 3d, and 5d post inoculation, respectively. The bars represent the mean ± SD; r represents the correlation value between expression levels of milRNAs and their targets. The different lowercase letters indicate significant differences with P-value < 0.05