Table 2.
Correlation coefficients r between selected soil properties and the content of the determined phosphorus fractions
| Selected soil properties | Phosphorus fractions | P-available | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | ||
| pH | 0.17 | − 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.42* | 0.09 | 0.27 |
| Hh | − 0.14 | 0.12 | − 0.01 | − 0.17 | − 0.29* | 0.16 | 0.06 |
| CEC | − 0.20 | − 0.24 | 0.29* | 0.54* | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.40* |
| C-org. | 0.16 | − 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.48* | 0.23 | 0.47* | 0.66* |
| P-tot. | 0.01 | − 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.60* | 0.60* | 0.81* | 0.80* |
| C/P | 0.14 | − 0.02 | − 0.33* | − 0.23 | − 0.41* | 0.38* | − 0.27 |
| P-available | − 0.08 | − 0.18 | 0.32* | 0.65* | 0.28 | 0.60* | – |
CEC cation exchange capacity, Hh hydrolytic acidity, P-available P determined with the Egner-Riehm method; *significant at p < 0.05, n = 48; F1 easily soluble fraction, F2 exchangeable fraction, F3 organic fraction, F4 carbonate fraction, F5 stable organic-mineral and mineral bonds, F6 residual fraction