Control of Fusarium wilt in wheat seedlings by grain priming with defensin-like protein

Table 1 Effect of defensin priming on protein hydrolysis (soluble protein, protease activity and free amino acids) in plants under Fusarium infection conditions

Sample	Soluble protein (mg g⁻¹ fwt)		Protease activity (change in optical density mg⁻¹ protein min⁻¹)		Free amino acids (mg g^− 1 fwt)
Sample	1st Stage	2nd Stage	1st Stage	2nd Stage	1st Stage	2nd Stage
C	31.09 ± 0.078	32.67 ± 0.092	0.0093 ± 0.097	0.0095 ± 0.271	2.5 ± 0.148	2.89 ± 0.109
I	19.28 ± 0.165*	13.09 ± 0.109*	0.024 ± 0.196*	0.032 ± 0.192*	11.98 ± 0.265*	18.2 ± 0.213*
FD	36.9 ± 0.056*	38.94 ± 0.208*	0.00756 ± 0.083*	0.00708 ± 0.098*	1.56 ± 0.095	1.230 ± 0.109*
FDI	30.98 ± 0.023	31.27 ± 0.107	0.0097 ± 0.309	0.0098 ± 0.192	3.09 ± 0.104	3.15 ± 0.056

Values are given as means of 3 replicates ± standard error
C, Control plants grown from non-primed grains in uninfected soil; FD, plants grown from defensin primed grains in uninfected soil; I, plants grown from non-primed grains in Fusarium infected soil and FDI, plants grown from defensin primed grains in Fusarium infected soil
Within a column, means followed by asterisks are significantly different from the control according to paired-samples t test