| PGPE | Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytes |
| PGPB | Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria |
| PGP activities | Plant Growth-Promoting activities |
| AWCD | Average well color development |
| H′ | Shannon diversity |
| E | Shannon evenness |
| LB medium | Luria-Bertani medium |
| ACC | Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid |
| HCN | Hydrogen cyanide |
| ISR | Induced systemic resistance |
| Nfa | Nitrogen-free agar |
| BTB | Bromothymol blue |
| IAA | Indole-3-acetic acid |
| Trp | L-tryptophan |
| CAS | Chrome Azurol S |
| PSU | Percent siderophores unit |
| HTS | Hydroxamate-type siderophores |
| CTS | Catechol-type siderophores |
| SI | Phosphate solubilization index |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SOS | Salt overly sensitive |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |