Treatments Percentage Germination Seed Vigor Index Chlorophyll a  (mg/g fresh weight) Chlorophyll b  (mg/g fresh weight) Chlorophyll Total  (mg/g fresh weight) Control 76% 481.65 187.200 78.969 266.169 Consortia 64% (↓15.8%) 1224.80 (↑154.3) 206.603 (↑10.4) 120.738 (↑52.9) 327.341 (↑23.0) PGPM 9 72% (↓5.3%) 1078.20 (↑123.9) 236.407 (↑26.3) 335.072 (↑324.3) 571.480 (↑114.7) PGPM 2 60% (↓21.1%) 1126.50 (↑133.9) 139.516 (↓25.5) 63.067 (↓20.1) 202.583 (↓23.9) T103 72% (↓5.3%) 1464.30 (↑204.0) 223.391 (↑19.3) 81.323 (↑3.0) 304.714 (↑14.5) Values in parentheses indicate % decrease/increase compared to control All values indicate mean values ± SD of all eight replicates and analyzed by one-way ANOVA at p=0.01

Table 1: Effect of plant growth promotion properties of single specie inoculation vs. consortium inoculation