Table 4 Impact of individual and mixed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi treatments on the activity of oxidative enzymes, phenolic contents, proline, and pigment contents of lupine plants grown in artificially infested soil by R. solani.

From: Evaluating individual and mixed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for controlling Rhizoctonia root rot in lupine

Treatments

Peroxidase activity absorbance at 430 nm

Unit/ mg protein /min

Polyphenol oxidase activity absorbance at 495 nm

Unit/ mg protein/ min

Phenolic contents catechol equivalent mg/g fresh weight

Proline

mg/g/h/fresh weight

*Photosynthetic pigments

mg/g fresh weight

Chl a

Chl b

Total Chl

CARs

Entrophospora etunicata

0.305 d**

0.033 d

1.021 bc

0.17 b

0.28

0.49

0.77

0.05

Rhizophagus clarus

0.414 c

0.056 c

1.559 ab

0.40 b

0.41

0.42

0.83

0.07

Rhizophagus intraradices

0.584 b

0.065 bc

1.613 a

0.32 b

0.51

0.42

0.90

0.13

Entrophospora lutea

0.982 a

0.070 b

1.723 a

1.28 a

0.63

0.32

0.95

0.16

Mixture

0.279 de

0.034 d

0.987 c

0.11 b

0.31

0.29

0.60

0.05

Control (R. solani)

0.506 bc

0.133 a

0.836 c

0.10 b

0.09

0.09

0.18

0.01

Healthy control- (non-infested soil)

0.203 e

0.028 d

0.621 c

0.38 b

0.49

0.49

0.77

0.14

  1. *Photosynthetic pigments; chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), and carotenoids (CARs).
  2. **Means in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test, (P ≤ 0.05)
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