Fig. 2a–d

Physiological studies on the impact of P. putida GAP-P45 on water-stress amelioration in A. thaliana. a Fresh weight (FW), b dry weight (DW), c plant water content (PWC) on FW basis, d PWC on DW of whole seedlings at day-2, day-4 and day-7 post treatment. Each bar represents the mean ± SE of 60 replicate plants. * Significant difference (P ≤ 0.05) in data between NS + NI and any other treatment within a particular day of analysis. ! Significant difference (P ≤ 0.05) in data between WS + I and WS + NI samples within a particular day of analysis. Statistical analysis was done to compare data between two different treatments by Student’s t-test (two-tailed analysis, P ≤ 0.05) using Microsoft Excel 2010