Treatments Percentage Germination Seed Vigor Index Chlorophyll a  (mg/g fresh weight) Chlorophyll b  (mg/g fresh weight) Chlorophyll Total  (mg/g fresh weight) Malathion 44% 167.75 39.650 72.664 112.314 Malathion+Consortia 48% (↑9.9a) 239.40 (↑42.7a) 68.213 (↑72.1a) 125.011 (↑72.1a) 193.224 (↑72.1a) Methyl Parathion 48% 378.60 29.913 85.897 115.810 Methyl Parathion+Consortia 38% (↓20.8b) 369.87 (↓2.3b) 79.204 (↑164.8b) 68.018    (↓20.8b) 147.222 (↑27.1b) Values in parentheses followed by ‘a’ indicate % decrease/increase compared to ML treatment. Values in parentheses followed by ‘b’ indicate % decrease/increase compared to MP treatment All values indicate mean values ± SD of eight replicates analyzed by one-way ANOVA (p=0.01)

Table 2: Effect of consortia on plant growth promotion in presence of pesticides