Investigation of soil nutrients and associated rhizobacterial communities in different sugarcane genotypes in relation to sugar content

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation analysis for root and soil parameters along with sucrose content

	TRL (m)	TRV (cm³)	TARD (mm)	DEPTH (m)	SOC (g/kg)	TN (g/kg)	TP (g/kg)	TK (g/kg)
TRL (m)
TRV (cm³)	0.44^a
TARD (mm)	0.29 ns	0.60^b
DEPTH (m)	0.58^b	0.70^b	0.20 ns
SOC (g/kg)	− 0.02 ns	− 0.32 ns	− 0.26 ns	− 0.25 ns
TN (g/kg)	− 0.23 ns	− 0.43 ns	− 0.34 ns	− 0.29 ns	0.93^b
TP (g/kg)	− 0.37^ns	− 0.50^a	− 0.42 ns	− 0.30 ns	0.35 ns	0.42^a
TK (g/kg)	− 0.21 ns	0.01 ns	− 0.07 ns	0.05 ns	0.22 ns	0.30 ns	0.09 ns
Sucrose content (%)	0.63^b	0.36 ns	0.29 ns	0.52^a	0.01 ns	− 0.10 ns	− 0.19 ns	0.30 ns

TRL total root length, TRV total root volume, TARD total average root diameter, SOC soil organic carbon, TN total nitrogen, TP total phosphorous, TK total potassium, ns no correlation
^aModerately correlated
^bStrongly correlated