Fig. 3

Survival rate of MeSPY1-VIGS-challenged cassava cultivars/lines. Four-week-old cassava seedlings were challenged with MeSPY1-VIGS and evaluated for survival at 4 weeks after challenge. Plants were considered dead if the shoot-tip had completely died and leaves had defoliated or were wilting and defoliating at evaluation period and are expressed as percent of challenged plants. Between 7 and 10 plants were challenged per cultivar/line and each experiment was repeated at least three times