Many enzymes are involved in plant defense against pathogens. The purpose of this study was to verify alterations in activity of some enzymes in bean plants originated from microbiolization of seeds with a fluorescent isolate (DFs842) of Pseudomonas. Bean seeds (cv. "BRS Valente") were immersed in a bacterial suspension of a 24 hours old Pseudomonas culture (OD540=0,5) known as a Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli biocontroler. Check treatment consisted of seeds immersed in a saline solution (NaCl 0,85%). After microbiolization for 5 hours at 10ºC, seeds were sowed in a non sterilized substrate composed of soil, sand and bovine manure mixture (3:1:1 ratio) disposed in pots in a greenhouse. The pathogen was inoculated by cutting the third true leaves with scissors previously immersed in the bacterial suspension (X. axonopodis pv. phaseoli) prepared from a 24 hours old culture (OD540=0,4). Plants were kept in moister chambers for 24 hours before and after the inoculation. For protein extraction preparation, the three true leaves were collected individually at five different times: immediately before inoculation and 6, 24, 72 hours and 15 days after inoculation. The leaf extract was used for determination of total soluble proteins (TSP), and the activity of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (PO) by spectrophometry. The results showed a significant increase in TSP content and PPO activity in plants treated with the isolated DFs842, when TSP content was the double of the non-treated plants. It was also observed that, even before pathogen inoculation, TSP content and PPO activity in plants treated was high. PO activity was reduced in Pseudomonas (DFs842)treated plants. The results showed evidence that metabolic alterations in plants are triggered upon seeds microbiolization, mainly due to the increase in TSP content and PPO activity. This indicates enzyme participation in induce host resistance with seed microbiolization with Pseudomonas (DFs842).
ISR; induced resistance; rhizobacterias; bean common blight and seed microbiolization
