Early detection of bean infection by Pseudomonas syringae in asymptomatic leaf areas using chlorophyll fluorescence imaging

Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging has been used to analyse the response elicited in Phaseolus vulgaris after inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola 1448A (compatible interaction) and P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (incompatible interaction). With the aim of modulating timing of symptom development, different cell densities were used to inoculate bean plants and the population dynamics of both bacterial strains was followed within the leaf tissue. Fluorescence quenching analysis was carried out and images of the different chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were obtained for infected as well as control plants at different timepoints post-infection. Among the different parameters analysed, we observed that non-photochemical quenching maximised the differences between the compatible and the incompatible interaction before the appearance of visual symptom. A decrease in non-photochemical quenching, evident in both infiltrated and non-infiltrated leaf areas, was observed in P. syringae pv. phaseolicola-infected plants as compared with corresponding values from controls and P. syringae pv. tomato-infected plants. No photoinhibitory damage was detected, as the maximum photosystem II quantum yield remained stable during the infection period analysed.

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