FIGURE 7.

Effects of seed bio-inoculation on expression profile of (A) zmHKT-1 and (B) zmNHX1 genes (fold change) in the maize roots grown in saline sodic soil at 45 days of sowing. Treatments were as follows: T₁—B. safensis MF-01, T₂—B. altitudinis MF-15, T₃—B. velezensis MF-08, T₄—B. safensis MF-01 + B. velezensis MF-08 + B. altitudinis MF-15, and T₅—control (untreated). Data are mean (n = 5) and vertical bar represents standard deviation. Data with different letters show significant difference in column data in randomized block design test at p < 0.05 under Duncan’s multiple range test.