Table 3 Loadings and weights of soil quality factors for different vegetation communities under three desertification control models.

From: Integrated photovoltaic-agriculture systems enhance soil health in desert ecosystems: evidence from microbial biomass and nutrient synergies

Index

The first principal component

The second principal component

Values of component capacity

Weights

Values of component capacity

weights

Organic matter

0.288

0.068

− 0.24

0.006

pH value

− 0.29

0.067

0.17

0.012

Total nitrogen

0.31

0.064

− 0.08

0.018

Total phosphorus

0.269

0.036

0.316

0.045

Available nitrogen

0.3

0.066

− 0.135

0.015

Available phosphorus

0.268

0.036

0.31

0.045

Available potassium

0.26

0.069

− 0.35

0.004

Total number of microorganisms

0.308

0.062

− 0.04

0.022

Bacteria number

0.307

0.064

− 0.09

0.018

Fungi number

0.188

0.012

0.48

0.050

Actinomycetes number

0.141

0.002

0.56

0.052

Microbial biomass carbon

0.3

0.063

− 0.07

0.019

Microbial biomass nitrogen

0.3

0.058

0.31

0.027

Rate of variance/%

79.160

18.718

  

Cumulative rate/%

79.160

97.878