Fig. 1

Effects of bacterial inoculation on the growth of Zea mays seedlings stressed with NaCl. a Aerial view and whole seedlings of control (non-inoculated) plants and (b) those inoculated with strain 74 exposed to 100 mM NaCl stress. “–” and “+” indicate uninoculated controls under normal (0-) and salinity stress (0+) conditions, respectively. c Total controls plants and inoculated plant under salinity stress‘