3.2. Lesion development and bacterial populations in a detached
leaf assay
Treatments with Hx and ASM of detached leaves inoculated
with Xcc almost completely prevented development of lesions
compared with nontreated checks (NTC) at 15 days post inoculation
(dpi) (Fig. 2). Based on quantification of total Xcc
populations at 15 dpi by RTq-PCR population was reduced by 1.41
log units with 1mMHx and 0.91 log units with Hx 3 mM, compared
to the NTC (7.99 log), whereas ASM reduced the populations 1.57
log units (Table 1).