Pearson correlation coefficients among some soil chemical properties (n = 48).

Table 4: Pearson correlation coefficients among some soil chemical properties (n = 48).

	pH	Ex.A	OC	TN	Av.P	CEC	Ex.Ca	Ex.Mg	Ex.K	Ex.Na
pH	1
Ex.A	-0.93**	1
OC	0.75**	-0.74**	1
TN	0.69**	-0.71**	0.64**	1
Av.P	0.68**	-0.75**	0.61**	0.82**	1
CEC	0.81**	-0.82**	0.73**	0.84**	0.91**	1
Ex.Ca	0.78**	-0.77**	0.48**	0.37**	0.43**	0.60**	1
Ex.Mg	0.72**	-0.78**	0.51**	0.67**	0.88**	0.87**	0.68**	1
Ex.K	0.54**	-0.63**	0.59**	0.72**	0.85**	0.76**	0.18ns	0.63**	1
Ex.Na	0.45**	-0.33*	0.34**	0.25ns	0.29*	0.40**	0.31*	0.27*	0.33*	1

Ex.A = Exchangeable Acidity; OC = Organic Carbon; TN = Total Nitrogen; Av.P = available Phosphorus; CEC = Cation Exchange Capacity; Ex.Ca = Exchangeable Calcium; Ex.Mg = Exchangeable Magnesium; Ex.K = Exchangeable Potassium; Ex.Na = Exchangeable Sodium; PBS = Percent Base Saturation; ns = non-significant; * = significant at p ≤ 0.05; ** = highly significant at p ≤ 0.01.