Table 5 Effect of soil application with Trichoderma spp. and seed coating with thiophanate-methyl employed either alone or in combination on the activity of peroxidase, polyphenoloxidase, and chitinase enzymes of dry bean plants grown under field condition

Treatment

Peroxidase

Polyphenoloxidase

Chitinase

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

0.968 a

2.483 b

2.272 a

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

0.984 a

2.457 b

2.047 b

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

0.947 a

2.579 a

1.928 b

 T. harzianum

0.721 bc

1.084 c

1.542 c

 T. viride

0.649 b

1.062 c

1.313 d

 T. virens

0.588 c

1.079 c

1.549 c

 Thiophanate-methyl

0.581 c

1.061 c

1.244 d

 Control

0.162 d

0.888 d

0.173 e

Treatment

Peroxidase

Polyphenoloxidase

Chitinase

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. harzianum

0.976 a

2.594 a

2.118

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. viride

0.939 ab

2.554 a

1.975

 Thiophanate-methyl + T. virens

0.893 b

2.570 a

1.864

 T. harzianum

0.721 c

1.069 c

1.481

 T. viride

0.624 d

1.145 b

1.206

 T. virens

0.490 e

1.097 bc

1.621

 Thiophanate-methyl

0.650 d

1.077 c

1.287

 Control

0.128 f

0.899 d

0.167