Fig. 3

Growth, conidial germination and conidiation of WT, ∆Acatg8 and Acatg8C. a Growth of WT, ∆Acatg8 and Acatg8C was detected. After incubated in TSA medium for 72 h, hyphae of WT, ∆Acatg8 and Acatg8C were transferred to Czapek medium, Czapek–N medium (No nitrogen), Czapek–C medium (No carbon) and WA medium (water with agar 1%). The colony diameters of different strains were measured. The asterix indicates that the differences between strains are significant. p < 0.001***; p < 0.01**; p < 0.05*. b Disruption of Acatg8 reduces conidial germination. When grown on LPE medium, the conidial germination of ∆Acatg8 was delayed compared with that of WT and Acatg8C. c Disruption of Acatg8 reduces fungal conidiation. The number of conidia in ∆Acatg8 grown on LPE medium for 7 days was only about 5% of that in WT. Error bars show standard deviations of three independent experiments. The asterix indicates that the differences between strains are significant. p < 0.001***; p < 0.01**; p < 0.05*. d Conidiation of WT, ∆Acatg8 and Acatg8C on LPE medium for 7 days was observed under microscope