Parameters Treatments Total phenols (μg g-1 fresh wt) Salicylic acid (ng g-1 fresh wt) Shikimic acid (ng g-1 fresh wt)
Uninoculated treatment (control) 11.41 46.08 117.46
B. fabae 13.09 49.41 129.66
Fungicide (Ridomil MZ) 12.05 47.93 121.89
Fungicide + B. fabae 13.76 50.71 138.34
Shikimic acid 15.97 63.57 156.88
Shikimic acid + B. fabae 18.53 67.64 170.56
Salicylic acid 17.67 71.18 171.24
Salicylic acid + B. fabae 19.90 75.82 180.54
Salicylic acid +Shikimic acid 14.20 52.19 131.22
Salicylic +Shikimic + B. fabae 15.83 57.61 164.42
LSD at P≤0.05 1.42 1.85 1.41
Table 5: Effect of shikimic acid, salicylic acid and their combination on totalphenols, salicylic acid and shikimic acid contents in the shoot of faba bean plants infected with chocolate spot disease.