Table 2.

Physiological measurements of the control and inoculated groups during the well-waterd period before drought was imposed.

	Controls	Inoculated
Height (cm)	12.3 ± 0.40*	14.1 ± 0.25*
ΨTLP (bars)	−14.8 ± 0.61*	−12.8 ± 0.32*
V cmax	37.9 ± 9.1	44.7 ± 6.2
J max	34.8 ± 2.8	34.1 ± 1.4
R d	−0.0034 ± 0.5	−0.73 ± 0.3

Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between controls and inoculated groups at P ≤ 0.05. All values are expressed as means ± SE. Turgor loss point (Ψ_TLP), maximum rate of carboxylation (V_cmax), maximum rate of electron transport (J_max), and dark respiration (R_d).