with a 12-h
light period (700 µmol m–2 s–1) and constant humidity of 85%.
Seed of Lux and Akashinriki barley were germinated and grown
in a 6-cm-diameter pot containing soil amended with 10 ml of
either water or 20 µM epiBL, and the stem bases of 10-day-old
seedlings were treated with either 0.2% Tween 20 in 1% (wt vol–1)
agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit) or conidia (1 × 106
ml–1) of F.
culmorum. The stem base samples were harvested at 15 days post
fungal treatment.