Although the pathogenesis gene PR-5 was responsive to Fusarium
spp., RT-PCR concurred with microarray results in that
epiBL did not greatly affect the transcription of this gene. RTPCR
indicated that caffeic acid O-methyltransferase, root-specific
lectin precursor protein, and putative jasmonate-induced protein
were all upregulated by Fusarium spp. but, as with microarray,
were downregulated by 48 h post pathogen treatment due to
growth in epiBL-amended soil (Fig. 4F, G, and H).