The effect of humic acid and water super absorbent polymer application on sesame in an ecological cropping system: a new employment of structural equation modeling in agriculture

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 7 Variance (diagonally elements of table) of every measured variable and latent constructs with related covariance (non-diagonal elements of table)

	SoilProperties	PlantPhisiology	PlantArchitecture	QualitativeYield	OilPercentage	ProteinPercentage	SeedW	SoilpH	SoilEC	SoilN	PlantH	BiolY	SeedY	LAI	WUE	SoilP	CGR
SoilProperties	0.001
PlantPhisiology	− 0.001	1.159
PlantArchitecture	− 0.002	0.780	2.134
QualitativeYield	0.005	0.306	0.860	0.842
OilPercentage	0.005	0.306	0.860	0.842	1.778
ProteinPercentage	0.005	0.306	0.860	0.842	0.842	1.083
SeedW	− 0.006	12.206	8.215	3.225	3.225	3.225	463.998
SoilpH	− 0.030	0.014	0.042	− 0.115	− 0.115	− 0.115	0.148	1.129
SoilEC	0.015	− 0.007	− 0.022	0.059	0.059	0.059	− 0.077	− 0.359	0.196
SoilN	0.001	− 0.001	− 0.002	0.005	0.005	0.005	− 0.006	− 0.030	0.015	0.002
PlantH	− 0.010	4.379	11.983	4.829	4.829	4.829	46.127	0.238	− 0.123	− 0.010	102.221
BiolY	− 0.254	492.138	331.206	130.046	130.046	130.046	5184.270	5.975	− 3.088	− 0.254	1859.825	711,347.809
SeedY	− 0.147	285.323	192.020	75.396	75.396	75.396	3005.639	3.464	− 1.790	− 0.147	1078.254	121,185.528	86,343.550
LAI	− 0.002	0.780	2.134	0.860	0.860	0.860	8.215	0.042	− 0.022	− 0.002	11.983	331.206	192.020	2.513
WUE	0.000	0.082	0.225	0.091	0.091	0.091	0.867	0.004	− 0.002	0.000	1.265	34.966	20.272	0.225	0.028
SoilP	0.000	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.015	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.005	0.600	0.348	0.001	0.000	0.000
CGR	− 0.001	1.159	0.780	0.306	0.306	0.306	12.206	0.014	− 0.007	− 0.001	4.379	492.138	285.323	0.780	0.082	0.001	1.262