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Table 2 Correlation between plant biomass production and soil moisture conditions

From: Sustainable land management interventions lead to carbon sequestration in plant biomass and soil in a mixed crop-livestock system: the case of Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

 

PB

MSCS

CS

SM (20 cm)

SM (40 cm)

Plant biomass

1

    

Main season C stock

0.999a

1

   

C sequestered

0.851a

0.832a

1

  

Soil moisture (20 cm)

0.707a

0.694a

0.803a

1

 

Soil moisture (40 cm)

0.694a

0.641a

0.782a

0.932a

1

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed); PB plant biomass, MSCS main season carbon stock, CS carbon sequestered, SM (20 cm) soil moisture at 20-cm depth, SM (40 cm) soil moisture at 40-cm depth