Table 1.

Bacterial treatments applied to maize plants grown at different irrigation regimes (80, 60, and 40% of WHC).

Treatments		Inocula size (cells g−1 dw)
Control	non-inoculated soil – no bacteria	-
B1 S1	soil inoculated with C. necator 1C2	3 × 103
B2 S1	soil inoculated with P. fluorescens S3X	3 × 103
B1 S2	soil inoculated with C. necator 1C2	3 × 106
B2 S2	soil inoculated with P. fluorescens S3X	3 × 106
MIX S1	soil inoculated with a mixture of C. necator 1C2 + P. fluorescens S3X	3 × 103
MIX S2	soil inoculated with a mixture of C. necator 1C2 + P. fluorescens S3X	3 × 106