Table 1.

Effect of Cd (0.4 mM), M1 (10⁹ cells/mL), and M2 (10⁹ cells/mL) and their combinations on Phenolic compounds.

Treatments	Net Photosynthetic Rate (µmol m2 s−1) (Mean ± SD)	Stomatal Conductance (mmol CO2 m2 s−1) (Mean ± SD)	Intracellular CO2 (µmol mol1) (Mean ± SD)	Transpiration Rate (mmol m2 s−1) (Mean ± SD)
CN	25.54 ± 0.952 c	0.474 ± 0.02 d	436 ± 8.42 ab	2.453 ± 0.11 b
Cd	17.36 ± 0.67 e	0.324 ± 0.007 e	392.8 ± 4.72 d	1.563 ± 0.10 e
M1	28.33 ± 0.83 b	0.524 ± 0.012 c	455.6 ± 5.51 a	2.75 ± 0.12 a
M1+Cd	22.44 ± 0.55 d	0.573 ± 0.008 b	422.9 ± 5.74 c	1.843 ± 0.057 c
M2	27.73 ± 0.53 b	0.496 ± 0.009 cd	442.3 ± 3.14 ab	2.97 ± 0.09 a
M2+Cd	30.44 ± 0.90 a	0.604 ± 0.007 a	462.6 ± 7.10 a	1.763 ± 0.04 d
F-ratio(df 1,12) T	112.3 **	0.238	42.6 **	523.06 **
F-ratio(df 2,12) D	152.3 **	399.6 **	61.94 **	25.10 **
F-ratio(df 2,12) T x D	86.09 *	242.5 **	47.94 **	5.525 *
HSD	2.078	0.0287	16.49	0.254

(A) Net photosynthetic rate, (B) stomatal conductance, (C) intracellular CO₂, and (D) transpiration rate in 45-day-old L. esculentum under Cd metal stress. Data is presented as means of 3 replicates ± S.D (standard deviation) and HSD values. F ratio values * indicates significance at p ≤ 0.05 and ** indicates significance at p ≤ 0.01). Different letters on the table indicate that mean values of treatments are significantly different at p < 0.5 according to Tukey’s multiple comparison test (CN—control, Cd—cadmium, M1—P. aeruginosa, M2—B. gladioli, T—treatment, D—Dose, H.S.D—honestly significant difference).