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Table 2.

Effect of inoculation with fungal endophytes on physiological parameters of Withania somnifera plants.

Treatment	Chlorophyll (mg gFW⁻¹)	Carotenoids (mg gFW⁻¹)	A (μ mol m⁻² s⁻¹)	E (m mol m⁻² s⁻¹)	gS (m mol m⁻² s⁻¹)
Control	0.550 ± 0.009^d	0.087 ± 0.006^b	23.50 ± 0.35^e	10.98 ± 0.51^c	498.00 ± 9.81 ^f
WPLF1	0.608 ± 0.039^bc	0.094 ± 0.004^b	25.50 ± 1.09^de	11.22 ± 0.60^c	510.00 ± 21.55^ef
WPLF2	0.595 ± 0.017 ^cd	0.084 ± 0.005^b	25.27 ± 0.78^de	12.77 ± 0.51 ^b	514.00 ± 9.29^ef
WPLF3	0.603 ± 0.010 ^bc	0.091 ± 0.005^b	26.37 ± 0.33 ^d	13.43 ± 0.44 ^ab	489.67 ± 3.84 ^f
WPLF4	0.646 ± 0.011 ^ab	0.111 ± 0.007 ^a	27.93 ± 0.88 ^bc	13.04 ± 0.45 ^ab	629.00 ± 13.45 ^bc
WPRF5	0.663 ± 0.019 ^ab	0.117 ± 0.007 ^a	27.53 ± 0.44 ^cd	14.02 ± 0.42 ^ab	645.00 ± 9.87 ^b
WPRF6	0.701 ± 0.048 ^a	0.116 ± 0.008 ^a	30.83 ± 0.87 ^ab	13.20 ± 0.17 ^ab	663.67 ± 17.91 ^ab
WPRF7	0.712 ± 0.027 ^a	0.122 ± 0.004 ^a	30.20 ± 1.49 ^bc	13.31 ± 0.32 ^ab	592.00 ± 24.50 ^cd
WPRF8	0.692 ± 0.023 ^a	0.123 ± 0.002 ^a	33.60 ± 0.55 ^a	14.35 ± 0.60 ^a	707.00 ± 13.53 ^a
WPRF9	0.695 ± 0.011 ^a	0.127 ± 0.002 ^a	31.03 ± 1.86 ^ab	13.02 ± 0.33 ^ab	664.67 ± 9.70^ab
WPRF10	0.678 ± 0.022 ^ab	0.126 ± 0.005 ^a	30.30 ± 1.16 ^bc	12.97 ± 0.52 ^ab	574.33 ± 2.85 ^d
WPRF11	0.703 ± 0.013 ^a	0.125 ± 0.005 ^a	28.10 ± 0.90 ^bc	13.23 ± 0.43 ^ab	548.00 ± 27.02 ^de

A-Net CO₂ assimilation, E-Transpiration rate, gS-Stomatal conductance. Values are the means of six biological replicates ± S.E. Values with different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 (Duncan’s multiple range test). Values significantly higher than that of control plants are highlighted in bold.