Actinobacterial and fungal strain-enriched wheat straw as an effective strategy for alleviating the effect of salinity stress on soil chemical and biochemical properties

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between soil properties across treatments averaged over incubation time (n = 72)

Property	EC	PH	MBC	MBP	MRR	URE	CAT	DOC	SOC	TN	K_ava	P_avaa	qCO₂
EC	1
PH	0.48^*	1
MBC	−0.49^*	−0.94^**	1
MBP	−0.44^*	−0.95^**	0.98^**	1
MRR	−0.52^*	−0.89^**	0.99^**	0.96^**	1
URE	−0.4	−0.96^**	0.98^**	0.97^**	0.94^**	1
CAT	−0.4	−0.91^**	0.96^**	0.99^**	0.96^**	0.95^**	1
DOC	−0.47^*	−0.93^**	0.89^**	0.90^**	0.84^**	0.93^**	0.87^**	1
SOC	0.1	−0.78^**	0.76^**	0.79^**	0.70^**	0.85^**	080^**	0.83^**	1
TN	−0.6^**	−0.98^**	0.95^**	0.95^**	0.92^**	0.95^**	0.90^**	0.92^**	0.70^**	1
K_ava	−0.3	−0.93^**	0.95^**	0.96^**	0.92^**	0.98^**	0.95^**	0.91^**	0.90^**	0.90^**	1
P_ava	−0.46^*	−0.99^**	0.96^**	0.96^**	0.90^**	0.97^**	0.92^**	0.94^**	0.78^**	0.98^**	0.95^**	1
qCO₂	0.15^ns	0.62^**	0.45^*	0.53^**	0.33^ns	0.59^**	0.50^*	0.67^**	0.78^**	0.52^*	0.64^**	0.62^**	1

EC electrical conductivity, MBC microbial biomass carbon, MBP microbial biomass phosphorus, MRR microbial respiration rate, URE urease activity, CAT catalase activity, DOC soil dissolved carbon, SOC soil organic carbon, TN total nitrogen, K_ava available potassium, P_ava available phosphorus, qCO₂ metabolic quotient