Table 7. Pearson’s correlation coefficients for the plant and bacterial parameters at D₅₀ (before anthesis) and D₆₅ (ear harvest).

	Pop. size in soil	Pop. size in rhizo.	Pop. size in endo.	IAA	Plant top biomass (D50)	Root biomass (D50)	Plant top biomass (D65)	Root biomass (D65)
Pop. size in soil	1.000
Pop. size in rhizo.	0.581**	1.000
Pop. size in endo.	0.409*	0.035	1.000
IAA	-0.696**	-0.763**	0.162	1.000
Plant top biomass (D50)	0.261	0.471*	0.072	0.639*	1.000
Root biomass (D50)	0.209	0.294	0.302	0.623*	0.594**	1.000
Plant top biomass (D65)	0.112	0.255	-0.109	0.480	0.788**	0.639**	1.000
Root biomass (D65)	0.209	0.382	0.021	-0.220	0.489*	0.566**	0.604**	1.000

Levels of significance:

*p<0.05,

**p<0.01.

n = 24.