Table 3 Effect of endophytic bacteria under normal and salt stress (200 mM NaCl) on photosynthetic pigments, phytohormones and metabolites production of Rice plants.

2 ± 0.01 ^d

1.0 ± 0.02^cd

1.0 ± 0.09^d

2.4 ± 0.13^a

1.9 ± 0.0^b

27.9 ± 3.3^c

20.3 ± 3.8^a

44.9 ± 3.2^ab

5.1 ± 0.05^g

1.3 ± 0.03^a

0.22 ± 0.0^a

0.1 ± 0.07^a

0.2 ± 0.07^b

2.0 ± 0.19^a

0.8 ± 0.1^a

7.6 ± 1.3^b

31.6 ± 7.2^f

61.4 ± 3.4^d

0.6 ± 0.04^a

3.5 ± 0.04^c

2.2 ± 0.02^e

1.0 ± 0.01^d

1.2 ± 0.01^g

4.2 ± 0.08^cd

2.5 ± 0.2^f

26.7 ± 1.7^c

22.3 ± 4.6^bc

67.2 ± 1.8^d

5.1 ± 0.07^g

1.4 ± 0.04^a

1.9 ± 0.08^d

0.9 ± 0.01^c

1.1 ± 0.01^e

3.2 ± 0.08^b

2.3 ± 0.2^e

3.4 ± 2.0^ab

20.6 ± 5.4^ab

38.8 ± 0.4^a

1.8 ± 0.08^c

1.3 ± 0.03^a

2.3 ± 0.05 ^e

1.1 ± 0.01^d

1.2 ± 0.09^f

4.1 ± 0.28^c

2.2 ± 0.1^e

23.2 ± 1.0^c

24.6 ± 9.7^d

69.9 ± 1.8^d

3.8 ± 0.02^f

1.8 ± 0.02^a

1.2 ± 0.01^c

0.9 ± 0.06^c

0.3 ± 0.04^c

3.3 ± 0.16^bc

2.1 ± 0.1^d

34.2 ± 0.8^ab

26.3 ± 2.6^de

46.5 ± 3.4^ab

2.6 ± 0.01^e

2.2 ± 0.08^b

1.1 ± 0.01 ^b

0.2 ± 0.01^ab

0.1 ± 0.07^a

2.9 ± 0.09^b

2.0 ± 0.1^d

1.2 ± 0.7^a

22 ± 1.7^c

63.4 ± 6.0^d

1.3 ± 0.04^b

3.2 ± 0.07^c

1.5 ± 0.01^cd

0.8 ± 0.07^b

0.2 ± 0.03^b

4.6 ± 0.04^d

1.9 ± 0.3^c

37.9 ± 1.6^d

26.3 ± 3.8^e

49.8 ± 0.5^c

2.0 ± 0.01^d

2.9 ± 0.01^bc