Table 1. Probability (p) values that reflect influence of factors ‘Stage’ and ‘Inoculation’ on plant growth and pigment accumulation in the youngest completely developed leaf of the pea cv. Finale.

p values were calculated using two-way ANOVA. For pairs with p ≤ 0.05, the influence of the factor was considered significant (bold and underline). Non-bold underlined p values indicate a marginally non-significant trend of Inoculation factor influencing leaf chlorophylls content (p ≤ 0.1).

Parameter	Factor
	Stage	Inoculation	Stage  × inoculation
Shoot fresh weight	$\underset{¯}{<0.001}$	0.106	0.721
Total fresh weight	$\underset{¯}{<0.001}$	0.443	0.976
Chlorophyll a	0.182	$\underset{¯}{0.080}$	0.909
Chlorophyll b	0.247	$\underset{¯}{0.069}$	0.912
Carotenoids	$\underset{¯}{\mathbf{0.026}}$	0.108	0.793