Impacts of soil and water conservation practices on soil property and wheat productivity in Southern Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Correlation analysis between soil properties and crop parameters

	BD (g cm⁻³)	pH-H₂O	OC (%)	Av. P (mg kg⁻¹)	Plant height (cm)	Productive tiller (No.m⁻²)	Total tiller (No.m⁻²)	Spike length (cm)	Biomass yield (t ha⁻¹)	Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)
BD	1.00
PH-H₂O	0.11^ns	1.00
OC (%)	− 0.03^ns	0.73**	1.00
Av. P	− 0.16^ns	0.62*	0.78**	1.00
Plant height	− 0.79**	0.29^ns	0.37^ns	0.41^ns	1.00
Productive tiller	− 0.60*	0.22^ns	0.29^ns	0.40^ns	0.61*	1.00
Total tiller	− 0.50*	0.32^ns	0.34^ns	0.40^ns	0.52*	0.96**	1.00
Spike length	− 0.78**	0.33^ns	0.18^ns	0.28^ns	0.88**	0.63*	0.56*	1.00
Biomass yield	− 0.85**	0.16^ns	0.20^ns	0.27^ns	0.90**	0.74**	0.67*	0.94**	1.00
Grain yield	− 0.70**	0.06^ns	0.09^ns	0.37^ns	0.72**	0.70**	0.63*	0.82**	0.88**	1.00