Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Research Article

Trace Element Status and Environmental Implications of Soils and Zea mays from Farmed Dumpsites in the Bamenda Metropolis, North-West Cameroon

Table 6

Correlation between soil and plant physicochemical properties.


	N_s	N_p	OM_s	OM_p	AP_s	AP_p	K_p	Na_p	Ca_s	Ca_p	Mg_s	Mg_p

N_s	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
N_p	−0.086	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
OM_s	0.866	0.423	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
OM_p	0.030	0.993	0.525	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AP_s	0.897	−0.518	0.556	−0.415	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AP_p	0.895	0.368	0.998	0.473	0.605	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
K_p	−0.930	−0.285	−0.989	−0.394	−0.672	−0.996	1	—	—	—	—	—
Na_p	−0.866	−0.423	−1.000	−0.526	−0.556	−0.998	0.989	1	—	—	—	—
Ca_s	0.000	−0.996	−0.499	−1.000	0.442	−0.447	0.367	0.500	1	—	—	—
Ca_p	0.545	−0.882	0.53	−0.822	0.859	0.113	−0.199	−0.052	0.839	1	—	—
Mg_s	−0.889	−0.380	−0.999	−0.485	−0.595	−1.000	0.995	0.999	0.458	−0.100	1	—
Mg_p	0.240	−0.988	−0.277	−0.963	0.645	−0.219	0.132	0.277	0.971	0.945	0.231	1

Subscripts s and p stand for soil and plant, respectively. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).