Table 3.

Correlation of CH₄ and N₂O emissions with selected plant parameters and soil properties

Parameters (n = 15)	Correlation coefficient (r)
	Continuous irrigation		Intermittent irrigation
	CH4 emission	N2O emission	CH4 emission	N2O emission
Panicle number	−0.584*	−0.456	−0.493*	0.427
Grain yield	−0.547*	−0.643**	−0.641**	−0.601**
Organic carbon	0.189	−0.423	0.175	−0.411
Soil porosity	−0.649**	0.645**	−0.689**	0.868***
Soil Ph	0.656**	0.265	0.743**	0.715**
Soil Eh	−0.753***	0.667**	−0.693**	0.647**
Active Fe	−0.688**	–	−0.665**	–
Ferrous Fe	−0.665**	–	−0.643**	–
NH4+	0.687***	−0.564*	0.567*	−0.669***
NO3−	−0.647***	0.746***	−0.623**	0.864**
SO42−	−0.798***	0.645**	−.689***	0.686**

*, ** and *** means significant at 5, 1 and 0.1 % probability levels, respectively