Differentially expressed genes were categorized based on the
MIPS functional catalogue (Fig. 3). At 24 h post F. culmorum
inoculation, 6 of the 28 transcripts that were downregulated in
response to epiBL treatment were histones associated with cell
cycle and DNA processing (Fig. 3A). Other notable results at 24 h
were the epiBL-mediated upregulation of four defense genes