Effect of drought stress
on shoot dry weight (SDW), root
dry weight (RDW), nodule dry
weight (NDW) and nodule
number (NN) in chickpea plants
inoculated with M. ciceri C-15
(a–d) and CP-36 (e–h). Plants
were harvested at four time
points: beginning of the
treatment (day 0), 5, 10 and
15 days after imposition of
drought stress. In parallel, plants
grown under control conditions
in both symbioses were
harvested. Values are
mean ± SD of three replicates.
Asterisks represent significant
differences with the
corresponding control value
at P B 0.05