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Table 3 Effect of defensin priming on organic phosphate hydrolysis (soluble phosphate and acid and alkaline phosphatases activity) in plants under Fusarium infection

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

Sample

Soluble phosphate (mg/g dry wt)

Alkaline phosphatase activity (nkat/mg protein)

Acid phosphatase activity (nkat/mg protein)

1st Stage

2nd Stage

1st Stage

2nd Stage

1st Stage

2nd Stage

C

13.72 ± 0.068

15.04 ± 0.192

37.04 ± 0.098

39 ± 0.07795

42.18 ± 0.049

44.89 ± 0.098

I

4.68 ± 0.1925*

3.21 ± 0.0933*

19.37 ± 0.088*

17.03 ± 0.094*

22.09 ± 0.157*

19.03 ± 0.169*

FD

17.14 ± 0.344*

18.58 ± 0.210*

42.46 ± 0.196*

43.98 ± 0.105*

47.98 ± 0.119*

50.05 ± 0.103*

FDI

13.82 ± 0.139

15.52 ± 0.311

37.58 ± 0.307

38.78 ± 0.079

42.89 ± 0.249

45 ± 0.0958

  1. Values are given as means of 3 replicates ± standard error
  2. 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
  3. Within a column, means followed by asterisks are significantly different from the control according to paired-samples t test