## 3 Results
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Experiment** & **PGPB** **Inoculation** & **Chemicals** & **NPQ** **(\(\pm\)SD)** & **qCN** **(\(\pm\)SD)** & **qTV** **(\(\pm\)SD)** & **qTQ** **(\(\pm\)SD)** & **PQ** **(\(\pm\)SD)** \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{Non-stress} & \multirow{4}{*}{I} & \multirow{4}{*}{\(-\)CF} & 0.04 a & 0.04 a & 0.93 c & 0.74 b & 2.81 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.09) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.14) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{I} & 0.02 b & 0.02 b & 0.95 ab & 0.75 ab & 2.95 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.08) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.19) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.02 b & 0.02 b & 0.94 bc & 0.75 ab & 3.03 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.05) & (\(\pm\)0.17) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{+I} & 0.03 b & 0.03 ab & 0.95 ab & 0.76 a & 3.15 a \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.23) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{+I} & 0.02 b & 0.02 b & 0.95 ab & 0.76 a & 3.16 a \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.05) & (\(\pm\)0.08) & (\(\pm\)0.24) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.03 b & 0.03 ab & 0.96 a & 0.76 a & 3.11 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.14) \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{Drought stress} & \multirow{4}{*}{I} & \multirow{4}{*}{\(-\)CF} & 0.17 ab & 0.15 a & 0.91 c & 0.71 c & 2.30 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.08) & (\(\pm\)0.05) & (\(\pm\)0.16) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{I} & 0.12 c & 0.11 b & 0.94 ab & 0.71 c & 2.34 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.17) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.12 c & 0.11 b & 0.92 bc & 0.72 bc & 2.44 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.21) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{\(-\)CF} & 0.15 a-c & 0.13 ab & 0.94 ab & 0.73 b & 2.62 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.12) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{+I} & 0.18 a & 0.15 a & 0.95 a & 0.75 a & 2.90 a \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.2) & (\(\pm\)0.09) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.18) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.13 bc & 0.11 b & 0.96 a & 0.73 b & 2.54 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.05) & (\(\pm\)0.16) \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{Salinity stress} & \multirow{4}{*}{I} & \multirow{4}{*}{\(-\)CF} & 0.17 a & 0.14 a & 0.91 b & 0.71 b & 2.36 c \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.03) & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.09) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.16) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & \multirow{2}{*}{I} & 0.12 bc & 0.11 b & 0.95 a & 0.74 ab & 2.62 bc \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.12) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.09 d & 0.08 c & 0.94 ab & 0.74 ab & 2.67 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.19) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{\(-\)CF} & 0.13 b & 0.11 b & 0.95 a & 0.74 ab & 2.71 b \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.02) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.09) & (\(\pm\)0.04) & (\(\pm\)0.20) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{+I} & 0.08 d & 0.08 c & 0.96 a & 0.75 a & 3.00 a \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.00) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.08) & (\(\pm\)0.17) \\ \cline{3-8}  & & & \multirow{2}{*}{CF} & 0.11 c & 0.10 b & 0.95 a & 0.75 a & 2.88 ab \\  & & & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.01) & (\(\pm\)0.07) & (\(\pm\)0.06) & (\(\pm\)0.21) \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{Means in each column and each experiment followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different based on the least significant difference (LSD) test at 0.05 probability level.