highly significantP <0.01
We observed a highly significant decrease in the production of conidia in response to injury in the Δ dcr 2, Δ dcr 1Δ dcr 2 and Δ rdr 3 mutants ( P <0.01), with a 99, 99.5 and 98 % reduction compared to the WT, respectively ( Fig. 1a and b ).