Table 5 Activities of antioxidant enzymes in sorghum plants infected with Fusarium solani in response to treatment with lavender essential oil at different concentrations.
Treatment** | CAT (U min−1 mg−1 protein) | APX (U min−1 mg−1 protein) | SOD (U min−1 mg−1 protein) | PPO (U min−1 mg−1 protein) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 dap | 45 dap | 30 dap | 45 dap | 30 dap | 45 dap | 30 dap | 45 dap | |
C | 47.6 ± 1.7f | 46.5 ± 2.1g | 12.7 ± 2.9e | 14.3 ± 0.9g | 36.3 ± 1.5e | 35.7 ± 2.1g | 8.5 ± 0.4f | 11.1 ± 0.7e |
P | 56.2 ± 2.9d | 53.7 ± 3.1c | 23.7 ± 2.1b | 24.0 ± 1.1c | 56.1 ± 2.9b | 47.6 ± 2.0d | 18.5 ± 1.2b | 20.4 ± 1.0a |
P + F | 56.4 ± 1.3d | 51.3 ± 1.9d | 23.6 ± 2.2b | 23.4 ± 1.9 cd | 55.6 ± 3.8c | 46.1 ± 1.7e | 17.8 ± 1.0c | 18.2 ± 0.4b |
EO1.0 | 48.1 ± 2.5e | 47.2 ± 1.4f | 18.2 ± 1.6d | 19.2 ± 2.0f | 36.5 ± 2.2e | 35.8 ± 2.0g | 9.3 ± 0.3e | 10.8 ± 0.5e |
EO1.25 | 48.6 ± 1.7e | 47.3 ± 2.5f | 19.3 ± 1.4c | 21.5 ± 5.1e | 37.6 ± 1.7d | 36.7 ± 1.3 fg | 10.2 ± 0.4d | 12.1 ± 0.8d |
EO1.5 | 48.7 ± 1.9e | 48.2 ± 1.1e | 19.5 ± 1.3c | 21.9 ± 1.3e | 38.1 ± 1.2 cd | 37.5 ± 2.6f | 10.4 ± 0.5d | 13.3 ± 0.9c |
P + EO1.0 | 59.7 ± 1.9c | 53.7 ± 2.5c | 23.3 ± 2.5b | 26.6 ± 2.2b | 56.2 ± 1.5b | 48.1 ± 1.3c | 17.9 ± 0.8c | 18.8 ± 1.3b |
P + EO1.25 | 61.2 ± 2.2b | 54.6 ± 2.6b | 23.6 ± 2.1b | 26.2 ± 1.7b | 58.3 ± 1.1a | 49.4 ± 1.2b | 19.5 ± 0.5a | 20.4 ± 1.1a |
P + EO1.5 | 65.3 ± 2.7a | 60.2 ± 2.4a | 25.2 ± 1.9a | 27.8 ± 1.2a | 58.7 ± 2.2a | 50.8 ± 1.1a | 19.7 ± 0.3a | 20.9 ± 1.6a |