Sl.No.

Treatment

Total phenol content mg/g fresh leaves

% increase

5 days

10 days

15 days

Over control-1

Over control-2

1.

 Indole acetic acid

1.97

2.11

2.05

19.88

38.81

2.

 Metalaxyl

2.01

2.19

2.13

24.43

44.07

3.

 Diammonium potassium
hydrophosphate

2.21

2.36

2.28

34.09

55.26

4.

 Hydrogen peroxide

2.33

2.64

2.58

50.00

73.68

5.

 Calcium chloride

2.45

2.76

2.67

56.81

81.57

6.

 Salicylic acid

1.90

2.04

1.95

15.90

34.21

7.

 Ferric chloride

2.29

2.56

2.46

45.45

68.42

8.

 Control-1 (Healthy)

1.56

1.76

1.71

9.

 Control-2 (Diseased)

1.47

1.52

1.44

S.E. (Diff)

0.02867

0.03725

0.03801

C.D.(P=0.05)

0.06024

0.07826

0.07985

Table 2: Effect of foliar spray with abiotic inducers (inorganic chemicals) on total phenol content of tomato leaves after 5 days, 10 days and 15 days of pathogen inoculation.