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Table 2 Spectrophotometric determination of Chitinolytic and Exochitinase activity of Trichoderma isolates in media supplemented with colloidal chitin derived from Rhizoctonia cell wall (RCW) and Commercial chitin (Cc)

From: Chitinolytic assay of indigenous Trichoderma isolates collected from different geographical locations of Chhattisgarh in Central India

Isolate No.

NAGA conc. (mg/ml)

Volume activity (U/ml X 10-3)

 

RCW

Cc

RCW

Cc

GROUP A (T. harzianum / viride)

1

57.67

54.33

4.26

4.54

4

51

111

4.26

17.89

6

41

41

6.82

6.76

10

37.67

37.67

1.99

6.65

14

51

47.67

3.69

7.04

20

74.33

91

33.17

3.41

25

87.67

61

4.66

5.62

32

74.33

104.33

34.02

5.85

68

44.33

64.33

1.25

2.95

73

127.67

77.67

2.84

3.12

120

91

57.67

2.10

5.57

207

67.67

54.33

2.89

0.63

211

64.33

71

1.31

1.76

217

64.33

37.67

9.09

1.48

Th1

74.33

84.33

0.63

1.19

Tv(t)

71

54.33

4.89

7.1

Mean

67.46

65.58

7.37

5.09

(5.59)

(5.66)

(2.62)

(1.02)

P

0.4837ns

0.0004s

Group B ( T. citirinoviride )

24

61

57.67

13.52

20.51

27

47.67

61

1.36

2.73

28

57.67

54.33

9.26

27.83

29

67.67

141

5.96

12.49

43

57.67

54.33

14.37

3.41

Mean

58.34

73.67

8.89

13.39

(3.23)

(16.88)

(2.42)

(4.86)

P

0.0037s

0.102ns

Group C ( T. aureoviride )

12

81

54.33

0.17

18.80

38

81

114.33

22.44

1.76

48

67.67

51

35.16

27.21

55

81

61

2.49

4.88

62

71

47.67

33.06

18.69

98

101

61

17.44

1.25

107

84.33

41

8.69

8.80

202

87.67

107.67

35.78

22.15

249

81

51

13.18

0.85

297

77.67

51

3.35

21.24

231a

87.67

64.33

15.90

27.38

Gv

74.33

61

12.89

24.77

Mean

81.28

63.78

16.71

14.82

(2.51)

(6.66)

(3.64)

(3.04)

P

0.0015s

0.2799ns

Group D ( T. virens )

85

61

327.67

9.88

19.54

93

64.33

154.33

30.33

14.26

99

64.33

234.33

0.68

12.55

152

77.67

71

34.76

19.09

173

71

77.67

9.43

19.77

226

64.33

107.67

23.57

15.62

261

71

77.67

30.16

32.60

326

61

94.33

26.18

19.82

145b1

174.33

64.33

22.38

23.69

Mean

78.78

134.33

20.82

19.66

P

0.0091s

0.0282s

Group E ( Isolates of Sec.L ongibrachiatum )

Cb4

84.33

81

20.85

14.88

2

91

61

5.62

16.36

46

84.33

54.33

23.69

10.51

53

84.33

51

7.61

14.77

75

81

57.67

19.31

13.69

97

74.33

64.33

2.73

1.48

102

84.33

61

35.5

15.68

Mean

83.38

61.48

16.47

12.48

(1.89)

(3.67)

(4.44)

(1.96)

P

0.065ns

0.0342s

Group F ( Isolates of Sec. Pachybasium )

8

74.33

94.33

4.71

13.41

91

47.67

51

0.45

0.91

106

67.67

54.33

1.54

2.61

111

77.67

74.33

25.28

7.78

114

71

101

1.82

8.41

204

114.33

61

12.16

5.79

238

87.67

57.67

1.02

7.89

243

91

51

24.31

13.41

332

87.67

57.67

0.34

1.42

125b

94.33

61

5.79

9.09

233b

77.67

57.67

5.62

21.87

40(1)b

74.33

47.67

13.92

9.71

Mean

80.45

64.06

8.08

8.53

(4.75)

(4.95)

(2.56)

(1.69)

P

0.4463ns

0.0886ns

  1. Figures in parenthesis represent standard error.
  2. s =significant(P-value<0.05); ns = non-significant (P-value>0.05).