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Trichoderma-Induced Improvement in Growth, Photosynthetic Pigments, Proline, and Glutathione Levels in Cucurbita pepo Seedlings under Salt Stress

Mona H. Soliman¹, Taghreed S. Alnusaire², Nessreen F. Abdelbaky^3,4, Aisha A. M. Alayafi⁵, Mirza Hasanuzzaman^6,*, Mohamed M. Rowezak², Mohamed El-Esawi⁷, Amr Elkelish⁸

1 Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
2 Biology Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, 2014, Saudi Arabia
3 Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Yanbu El-Bahr, 46429, Saudi Arabia
4 Desert Research Center, Cairo, 11753, Egypt
5 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 23218, Saudi Arabia
6 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
7 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt
8 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: Mirza Hasanuzzaman. Email: