Parameters Treatments Total phenols (µg g-1 f wt) Total nitrogen (mg g-1 d wt) Total Protein (mg g-1 fresh wt) Nucleic acids (mg g-1 fresh wt) DNA RNA Cont 8.02±0.354 38.94±0.320 194.33±0.354 0.019±0.006 0.132±0.027 P 9.39±0.071 25.53±0.354 174.65±0.495 0.009±0.005 0.103±0.057 F 8.25±0.198 37.62±0.212 191.57±0.612 0.017±0.002 0.127±0.014 F+P 9.92±0.248 28.08±0.324 177.16±0.936 0.014±0.004 0.111±0.013 SH 11.44±0.302 41.89±0.141 216.19±0.354 0.035±0.002 0.147±0.015 SH+P 12.70±0.354 39.17±0.955 196.00±0.324 0.025±0.001 0.138±0.057 SA 14.07±0.141 43.63±0.071 220.04±0.930 0.049±0.006 0.168±0.014 SA+P 16.93±0.170 40.79±0.354 202.92±0.276 0.033±0.004 0.151±0.027 SH+SA 12.20±0.071 40.75±0.141 196.76±0.354 0.022±0.009 0.141±0.014 SH+SA+P 13.41±0.354 38.13±0.212 193.76±0.212 0.020±0.016 0.135±0.006 LSD at P≤0.05 0.18 0.33 4.05 0.003 0.012

Table 6: Effect of shikimic acid, salicylic acid and their combination on total phenols (μg g-1 fwt), total nitrogen (mg g-1 d wt), total protein and nucleic acids (DNA & RNA) contents (mg g-1 fresh wt) in yielded seeds of faba bean plants infected with chocolate spot disease. Data are represented as means ± standard errors from 10 replicates.