Table 3. Suberin autofluorescence (mV) from bark of peach pruning wounds 14 days after treatment with various substances.
TreatmentSuberin autofluorescenceyPercent of control
Control (nonwrapped)7 A az+ 33.4
Chitosan + Ca2+ (1 5 M)7.4 a+ 33.1
Fungal wall extract (FWE)7.3 a+ 32.2
Ethrel (7.0 mM)6.9 a+ 25.0
Abscissic acid (100 M)6.8 ab+ 23.6
Glutathione (3.25 mM)5.8 abc+ 4.3
Plant wall extract (PWE)5.6 abc+ 1.0
Control (wrapped)5.5 abc0.0
Chitosan (20 g/ml)5.3 abc- 3.8
Cellobiose (0.3 M)5.0 abc- 9.8
GA" + IAA (100 M + 100 M)4.2 bed- 24.4
Ca2+ (150 M)4.2 bed- 24.9
White latex paint4.0 cd- 26.8
PWE + FWE3.9 cd- 29.6
Ca2+(15 M)3.7 cd- 33.7
Lac balsam2.0 d- 64.2
  • y Each value is the mean of six observations except for control (treated with water and wrapped with parafilm) (n = 38) and control (nonwrapped, exposed to the environment (n = 37).

  • z Letter denote significant difference determined with single degree-of-freedom orthogonal comparison (P < 0.05).