Table 8 Correlation among various soil biological parameters (microbial population, enzyme activity and microbial activity), and yields (kernel and system cotton equivalent yield).

From: Cumulative impact of herbicides and tillage in conservation agriculture on soil microbiome, fungal diversity and crop productivity

	SMBN.30	SBR.30	qMB.30	qCO₂.30	SMBC.60	SMBN.60	SBR.60	qMB.60	qCO₂.60	DHA.30	SUA.30	AcPA.30	AlPA.30	FDA.30	β-GaA.30
SMBN.30	1
SBR.30	0.821**	1
qMB.30	0.897**	0.915	1
qCO2.30	-0.938**	-0.746**	-0.796**	1
SMBC.60	0.924**	0.905**	0.915**	-0.904**	1
SMBN.60	0.802**	0.761**	0.713**	-0.794**	0.761**	1
SBR.60	0.784**	0.869**	0.769**	-0.713**	0.811**	0.617**	1
qMB.60	0.820**	0.865**	0.847**	-0.858**	0.964**	0.674**	0.777**	1
qCO2.60	-0.876**	-0.923**	-0.956**	0.813**	-0.932**	-0.776**	-0.758**	-0.871**	1
DHA.30	0.876**	0.865**	0.840**	-0.908**	0.899**	0.721**	0.821**	0.885**	-0.799**	1
SUA.30	0.843**	0.815**	0.865**	-0.848**	0.829**	0.619**	0.708**	0.788**	-0.780**	0.948**	1
AcPA.30	0.839**	0.898**	0.915**	-0.768**	0.858**	0.624**	0.795**	0.830**	-0.828**	0.926**	0.934**	1
AlPA.30	0.797**	0.842**	0.863**	-0.809**	0.865**	0.558**	0.726**	0.873**	-0.787**	0.947**	0.964**	0.959**	1
FDA.30	0.746**	0.744**	0.799**	-0.739**	0.740**	0.478**	0.629**	0.728**	-0.675**	0.888**	0.963**	0.932**	0.963**	1
β-GaA.30	0.804**	0.854**	0.805**	-0.810**	0.876**	0.610**	0.780**	0.887**	-0.748**	0.955**	0.902**	0.944**	0.963**	0.907**	1
DHA.60	0.802**	0.814**	0.779**	-0.888**	0.862**	0.707**	0.722**	0.861**	-0.750**	0.961**	0.928**	0.837**	0.915**	0.852**	0.897**
SUA.60	0.917**	0.820**	0.875**	-0.929**	0.911**	0.653**	0.796**	0.865**	-0.843**	0.916**	0.921**	0.846**	0.889**	0.840**	0.842**
AcPA.60	0.877**	0.950**	0.935**	-0.806**	0.918**	0.821**	0.810**	0.843**	-0.974**	0.833**	0.794**	0.856**	0.796**	0.692**	0.789**
AlPA.60	0.985**	0.860**	0.929**	-0.920**	0.940**	0.794**	0.813**	0.852**	-0.919**	0.885**	0.847**	0.876**	0.826**	0.760**	0.828**
FDA.60	0.986**	0.832**	0.910**	-0.943**	0.946**	0.820**	0.739**	0.846**	-0.906**	0.866**	0.844**	0.822**	0.806**	0.741**	0.799**
β-GaA.60	0.939**	0.874**	0.954**	-0.909**	0.944**	0.757**	0.786**	0.891**	-0.963**	0.874**	0.858**	0.868**	0.848**	0.764**	0.804**
AZOT.30	0.781**	0.794**	0.822**	-0.758**	0.773**	0.533**	0.681**	0.755**	-0.717**	0.910**	0.960**	0.961**	0.966**	0.990**	0.935**
AZOSP.30	0.775**	0.829**	0.808**	-0.784**	0.833**	0.555**	0.755**	0.850**	-0.722**	0.956**	0.939**	0.958**	0.983**	0.952**	0.985**
FUNGI.30	0.811**	0.784**	0.834**	-0.771**	0.791**	0.544**	0.721**	0.768**	-0.709**	0.921**	0.947**	0.970**	0.958**	0.973**	0.942**
RPFUNGI.30	0.800**	0.803**	0.848**	-0.824**	0.826**	0.544**	0.713**	0.828**	-0.761**	0.946**	0.984**	0.937**	0.983**	0.966**	0.920**
AZOT.60	0.978**	0.799**	0.908**	-0.945**	0.915**	0.789**	0.742**	0.835**	-0.908**	0.850**	0.829**	0.811**	0.785**	0.723**	0.756**
AZOSP.60	0.967**	0.868**	0.918**	-0.927**	0.974**	0.798**	0.822**	0.921**	-0.919**	0.885**	0.812**	0.845**	0.817**	0.714**	0.830**
FUNGI.60	0.936**	0.896**	0.931**	-0.926**	0.939**	0.800**	0.777**	0.892**	-0.947**	0.897**	0.880**	0.873**	0.865**	0.799**	0.836**
RPFUNGI.30	0.954**	0.815**	0.895**	-0.949**	0.933**	0.711**	0.771**	0.898**	-0.850**	0.943**	0.913**	0.903**	0.909**	0.856**	0.897**
CEY	-0.168^NS	-0.276 ^NS	-0.166^NS	0.138^NS	-0.12 ^NS	-0.020 ^NS	-0.299^NS	-0.164^NS	-0.007^NS	-0.446^NS	-0.465^NS	-0.523^NS	-0.491^NS	-0.614^NS	-0.556 ^NS
KY	-0.161 ^NS	-0.292 ^NS	-0.131^NS	0.167^NS	-0.14 ^NS	-0.07 ^NS	-0.291^NS	-0.181^NS	-0.017 ^NS	-0.469^NS	-0.471^NS	-0.484^NS	-0.487^NS	-0.590^NS	-0.565^NS

	DHA.60	SUA.60	AcPA.60	AlPA.60	FDA.60	β-GaA.60	AZOT.30	AZOSP.30	FUNGI.30	RPFUNGI.30	AZOT.60	AZOSP.60	FUNGI.60	RPFUNGI.30	CEY
SMBN.30
SBR.30
qMB.30
qCO2.30
SMBC.60
SMBN.60
SBR.60
qMB.60
qCO2.60
DHA.30
SUA.30
AcPA.30
AlPA.30
FDA.30
β-GaA.30
DHA.60	1
SUA.60	0.905**	1
AcPA.60	0.768**	0.818**	1
AlPA.60	0.793**	0.904**	0.928**	1
FDA.60	0.824**	0.922**	0.899**	0.976**	1
β-GaA.60	0.812**	0.922**	0.939**	0.970**	0.949**	1
AZOT.30	0.848**	0.840**	0.746**	0.802**	0.768**	0.794**	1
AZOSP.30	0.905**	0.848**	0.753**	0.798**	0.764**	0.792**	0.966**	1
FUNGI.30	0.839**	0.837**	0.745**	0.832**	0.786**	0.803**	0.983**	0.968**	1
RPFUNGI.30	0.923**	0.911**	0.756**	0.813**	0.796**	0.844**	0.960**	0.963**	0.949**	1
AZOT.60	0.785**	0.919**	0.878**	0.976**	0.973**	0.973**	0.752**	0.739**	0.773**	0.799**	1
AZOSP.60	0.820**	0.910**	0.898**	0.970**	0.963**	0.959**	0.751**	0.794**	0.787**	0.803**	0.966**	1
FUNGI.60	0.855**	0.937**	0.929**	0.953**	0.950**	0.978**	0.830**	0.820**	0.815**	0.861**	0.960**	0.946**	1
RPFUNGI.30	0.879**	0.946**	0.832**	0.952**	0.941**	0.941**	0.875**	0.892**	0.900**	0.913**	0.953**	0.958**	0.941**	1
CEY	-0.363^NS	-0.223^NS	-0.084^NS	-0.159^NS	-0.089^NS	-0.076 ^NS	-0.625 ^NS	-0.609^NS	-0.615^NS	-0.496^NS	-0.066 ^NS	-0.117 ^NS	-0.162 ^NS	-0.302 ^NS	1
KY	-0.435^NS	-0.240^NS	-0.083^NS	-0.133^NS	-0.101^NS	-0.047 ^NS	-0.596 ^NS	-0.606^NS	-0.573^NS	-0.489^NS	-0.041^NS	-0.111^NS	-0.156^NS	-0.283^NS	0.970^NS

**Correlation is significant at 0.01 level. SMBC. 30= Soil microbial biomass carbon at 30 days after sowing (DAS), SMBN. 30= Soil microbial biomass nitrogen at 30 DAS, qMB. 30= microbial quotient at 30 DAS, qCO₂. 30= metabolic quotient at 30 DAS, SBR. 30= soil basal respiration at 30 DAS, SMBC. 60= Soil microbial biomass carbon at 60 days after sowing (DAS), SMBN. 60= Soil microbial biomass nitrogen at 60 DAS, qMB. 60= microbial quotient at 60 DAS, qCO₂. 60= metcbolic quotient at 60 DAS, SBR. 60= soil basal respiration at 30 DAS, DHA. 30= Dehydrogenase activity at 30 days after sowing (DAS), SUA. 30= Soil urease activity at 30 DAS, AcPA. 30= Acid phosphatase activity at 30 DAS, AlPA. 30= Acid phosphatase activity at 30 DAS, FDA. 30= Fluorescein di-acetate activity at 30 DAS, β-GaA= β-galactosidase activity at 30 DAS, DHA. 60= Dehydrogenase activity at 60 DAS, SUA. 60= Soil urease activity at 60 DAS, AcPA. 60= Acid phosphatase activity at 60 DAS, AlPA. 60= Acid phosphatase activity at 60 DAS, FDA. 60= Fluorescein.

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Table 8 Correlation among various soil biological parameters (microbial population, enzyme activity and microbial activity), and yields (kernel and system cotton equivalent yield).

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