Fig. 1

Expression patterns of CaCRK5 under different treatments. a Expression analysis of CaCRK5 in pepper after inoculation with R. solanacearum by qRT-PCR. b Expression analysis of CaCRK5 in pepper responding to SA, MeJA and ETH. The values for mock-treated plants (0 h) were set to a relative expression level at “1”. Error bars represent the mean ± SD of three independent replicates. Asterisks indicate significant differences relative to mock inoculated plants as determined by Mann-Whitney U test (P < 0.05)