Potential Toxic Metal Concentration and Risk Assessment in Agricultural Soil and Lentil Crop (Lens culinaris Medik) in Dawunt Woreda, Northwest Wollo, Ethiopia
Table 5
Pearson correlation of PTEs in lentil and soil samples.
Lentil sample
Fe
Cr
Co
Cu
Cd
Pb
Mn
Fe
1
Cr
−0.982
1
Co
−0.756
0.619
1
Cu
0.786
−0.655
−0.999
1
Cd
0.00
−0.189
0.655
−0.619
1
Pb
−0.918
0.826
0.954
−0.967
0.397
1
Mn
0.997
−0.993
−0.705
0.737
0.075
−0.885
1
Soil sample
Fe
1
Cr
0.659
1
Co
−0.99
−0.694
1
Cu
−0.86
−0.182
0.834
1
Cd
−0.034
0.73
−0.014
0.539
1
Pb
0.96
0.42
−0.945
−0.969
−0.314
1
Mn
0.972
0.818
−0.982
−0.715
0.203
0.866
1
Indicates a significant correlation at a value of less than 0.05 (two-tailed).