Table 3 RNA purification by LogSpin, Tri-reagent (TRI) and Qiagen RNeasy kit (KIT) from uninfected and infected Arabidopsis tissue

1

Uninfected - LogSpin

15.5 ± 3.6

2.15 ± 0.01

2.29 ± 0.01

2

Infected - LogSpin

15.8 ± 4.2

2.16 ± 0.01

2.30 ± 0.02

3

Uninfected - KIT

16.3 ± 3.8*

2.10 ± 0.01

2.28 ± 0.01

4

Infected - KIT

9.3 ± 1.7*

2.13 ± 0.01

2.22 ± 0.05

5

Uninfected - TRI

21.1 ± 3.4^&

2.13 ± 0.00

2.05 ± 0.07

6

Infected - TRI

10.3 ± 0.81^&

2.12 ± 0.04

2.02 ± 0.05