ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The vectors used for VIGS were kindly provided by Prof. Bart Thomma
(Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research
Center, The Netherlands). We are grateful to Prof. Guiliang Jian
(Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, China) for providing V. dahliae strain ‘V991’. We would
like to thank De Zhu (National key laboratory of crop genetic
improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan) for assistance
with laser scanning confocal microscopy.