Table 2 Effect of Azotobacter, Rhizophagus, and consortium inoculation on growth, yield, and biochemical traits of bitter gourd plants and AMF colonization under salinity stress condition.

237.49 ± 1.32^a

113.35 ± 4.41^e

175.83 ± 14.85^d

196.39 ± 0.08^c

215.33 ± 1.41^b

16.00 ± 0.95^a

9.12 ± 0.29^c

10.63 ± 0.89^bc

11.92 ± 0.91^b

15.55 ± 0.18^a

7.55 ± 0.35^a

3.83 ± 0.41^e

5.01 ± 0.54^d

5.72 ± 0.07^c

6.69 ± 0.54^b

7.45 ± 0.07^a

3.56 ± 0.49^d

4.73 ± 0.23^c

5.94 ± 0.29^b

6.89 ± 0.20^a

6.95 ± 0.40^a

3.50 ± 0.30^c

4.47 ± 0.34^bc

6.04 ± 0.10^ab

7.16 ± 1.17^a

22.87 ± 3.15^a

11.81 ± 0.72^c

17.36 ± 1.10^b

17.86 ± 0.58^b

21.00 ± 0.24^ab