Table 1.

Plant Growth and Nutrient Status.

	Control (C)	P. indica (Pi)	% increase of Pi/C
Growth Parameters
Percent Colonization (%)	0.00 ± 0.00	41.47 ± 7.12*	41.47
Dry shoot biomass(g)	2.02 ± 0.45	2.28 ± 0.43*	12.87
Dry root biomass (g)	0.90 ± 0.21	0.73 ± 0.17*	−18.89
Root volume (mL)	10.67 ± 1.15	7.33 ± 1.57*	−31.30
Number of leaves	31.00 ± 2.65	39.67 ± 3.06*	27.96
Number of branches	11.00 ± 1.00	12.00 ± 2.65*	9.09
Number of flowers	6.00 ± 2.64	9.33 ± 2.08*	55.50
Number of pods	7.33 ± 2.08	8.00 ± 2.00	9.14
Number of nodules	96.33 ± 10.21	70.66 ± 12.42	−26.65
Dry nodule biomass (g)	0.096 ± 0.038	0.147 ± 0.093	51.99
Dry nodule biomass/dry root biomass (g)	0.043 ± 0.024	0.101 ± 0.014*	100.32
Dry nodule biomass/dry shoot biomass (g)	0.024 ± 0.009	0.050 ± 0.012*	100.04
Nutrient Status
Nitrogen (%)	22.43 ± 0.13	23.71 ± 0.03*	5.77
Phosphorous (mg/kg)	1493.33 ± 55.08	1663.33 ± 160.10*	11.38
Potassium (mg/kg)	14728.00 ± 415.67	15730.33 ± 1615.09*	6.81

The results show the mean and standard deviation calculated from three plant biological replicates. An asterisk (*) indicates significance at p = 0.05 using Dunnett’s multiple comparison tests between control and P. indica treatment.