Table 6: Determination of polyphenol oxidase activity (activity/min) in faba bean plants grown from treated seeds and planted in soil infested with fungi under greenhouse conditions.

Fungi

 

Treatment

 

Concentration

Rhizoctonia soloni

Fusariumsoloni

Fusariumoxysporum

Polyphenol oxidase

% to control

Polyphenol oxidase

% to control

Polyphenol oxidase

% to control

Fucus

90 ml/pot

2.00

181

2.50

166

2.30

164

Nostoc

90 ml/pot

2.20

200

2.60

173

2.40

171

Sargassum

90 ml/pot

1.81

164

2.00

133

1.95

139

K2HPO4

50 mM

1.90

172

2.20

146

2.00

142

S.A.

10 mM

2.00

181

2.30

153

2.10

150

A. A.

10 mM

1.80

164

2.10

140

190

135

Control
(pathogen)

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1.10

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1.50

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1.40

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