Table 5 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) showing the relationship between soil biochemical parameters and active microbial communities during 2016 and 2017.

Years		Ap-ase	SAP	pH
2016	Ap-ase		0.68***	−0.09^Ns
	SAP			0.19^Ns
	G +	0.17^Ns	0.36**	0.12^Ns
	G⁻	0.27*	0.57***	−0.00^Ns
	F	0.35**	0.51***	0.21^Ns
	P	0.11^Ns	0.21^Ns	0.04^Ns
	E	0.31*	0.40**	0.04^Ns
	ΣB-PLFAs	0.26*	0.55***	0.07^Ns
	ΣPLFAs	0.30*	0.59***	0.09^Ns
	G + :G⁻	−0.05^Ns	−0.09^Ns	0.13^Ns
	F:B	0.19^Ns	0.11^Ns	0.14^Ns
2017	Ap-ase		0.30*	0.10^Ns
	SAP			0.28*
	G+	−0.01^Ns	0.39**	0.27*
	G⁻	0.08^Ns	0.39**	0.30*
	F	0.48***	0.48***	0.15^Ns
	P	0.10^Ns	−0.09^Ns	0.03^Ns
	E	0.44***	0.39**	0.08^Ns
	ΣB-PLFAs	0.04^Ns	0.43***	0.32*
	ΣPLFAs	0.25^Ns	0.52***	0.30*
	G+:G⁻	−0.10^Ns	−0.04^Ns	−0.06^Ns
	F:B	0.49***	0.38**	0.08^Ns

Abbreviations: Ap-ase = acid phosphatase, SAP = soil available P, G⁺ = gram positive, G⁻ = gram negative, F = fungi, P = protozoa, E = eukaryotes, Σ B-PLFAs = total bacterial PLFAs, Σ PLFAs = total PLFAs, G⁺ : G⁻ = gram positive/gram negative ratio, F: B = fungi/bacteria ratio. *** significant at p < 0.001, ** significant at p < 0.01, *significant at p < 0.05, NS = Non-significant.

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