Results section — BSMV-mediated VIGS of TaMin7
Materials and Methods section — The authors should clearly state how many individual plants were tested in each of the VIGS replicate experiments.
Discussion section — In lines 276 – 278, the authors state that TaMin7 transcript expression may be repressed in F. graminearum -infected wheat (data not shown). We propose that the authors did themselves a disservice for omitting such data (unless, of course, these data were preliminary at the time of submission). We encourage Wood and Panwar, et al. to repeat this experiment and present these data as a separate figure. Such additional data would further support their hypothesis and strengthen their claim that TaMin7has a functional role in FHB resistance.