SHPRH and infection: The DM strains of rad5, rad16A and rad16B exhibited the same lifecycle-related phenotypes as the control strains, including radial growth on all tested media under normal culture conditions (Figure 3A); percent growth inhibition under oxidative, cell wall perturbing and osmotic stresses (Figure 3B); conidial yields from the SDAY cultures incubated for 5, 7 and 9 days at the optimal regime (Figure 3C); conidial viability denoted by GT50 (Figure 3D); and virulence denoted by LT50 via normal cuticle infection or cuticle-bypassing infection (Figure 3E).