*2.4. Protein, Total Phenols, Flavonoids, Malondialdehyde Contents, and Antioxidant Enzymes*

Data presented in Figures 7 and 8 represent the effects of *M. spicata* and *M. longifolia* application on *L. esculentum* seedling on lipid peroxidation level, protein content (PC), total phenols content (TPC), total flavonoids content (TFC), and different antioxidant enzymes of *L. esculentum* seedling in all treatments of 35 DAS and 1.25% *M. spicata* and 1.0% *M. longifolia* application under Fusarium root rot infection. Overall, the pathogeninfected plants showed significant increase in MDA level, TPC, and TFC contents compared with the untreated control, whereas *M. spicata* and *M. longifolia* applications showed a slight

increase in MDA, TPC, and TFC. In addition, PC of pathogen-infected plants treated with 1.25% *M. spicata* and 1.0% *M. longifolia* had the highest content at 19.09 μmol/g and 18.54 μmol/g of FW, respectively, compared with control and pathogen-infected plants.

Assessed results of antioxidant enzymes in Figure 8 show the effect of *Fusarium* infection and 1.25% *M. spicata* and 1.0% *M. longifolia* applications for two weeks of seedling transplantation on SOD, CAT, and APOX enzymes activities in *L. esculentum* plant leaves. Our results reveal a significant increase in SOD, CAT, and APOX enzymes activities in all treatments and *Fusarium*-infected experiments compared with untreated control.
