. Conidial inoculum for pathogenici

. Conidial inoculum for pathogenicity assays was prepared by
diluting the suspension to 2  10
5
conidia/mL with 0.25% gelatin.
Liquid YCS culture media (yeast extract, 3 g/L; casamino acids, 3 g/L;
sucrose, 3 g/L) were inoculated with conidia from the filter papers
carrying mycelia and conidia. Media were incubated at 20

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C
on a shaker at 14 rpm to produce fungal mycelia