Fig. 5

Influence of dual inoculation on a specific leaf area and b total leaf area analysed at flowering and pod filling stage of a drought susceptible soybean cultivar, MAUS 2 grown under irrigated and moisture stressed field conditions. Dual inoculation: Ambispora leptoticha + Bradyrhizobium liaoningense; UI un-inoculated, I inoculated, UIS un-inoculated stress, IS inoculated stress, Flowering stage: 1st stress period (35–60 DAS), Pod filling stage: 2nd stress period (85–100 DAS); Significant differences (p  ≤ 0.05) relative to controls UI & UIS to their respective treatments I & IS are indicated by asterisk (*)