FIGURE 1.
Heavy metal accumulation in the rhizosphere of sunflower grown under drought and control conditions and treated with PGPR and SA. Error bars represent standard errors of the mean (n = 4) at each time point. Different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) among treatments. T1, seeds treated with PGPR P1; T2, seeds treated with PGPR P1 and sprayed with SA; T3, seeds treated with PGPR P2; T4, seeds treated with PGPR P2 and sprayed with SA; T5, coinocualtion of PGPR P1 and P2; T6, seeds treated with PGPR P1 and P2 + sprayed with SA; T7, foliar application of SA; T8, untreated uninoculated irrigated C; T9, untreated uninoculated stress C (P1: Planomicrobium chinense strain P1; P2: Bacillus cereus strain P2).