Table 5.

Correlations coefficients (r) between pH, soil chemical properties and plant tissue nutrients content in Nyandarua region.

Tissue nutrient	Soil nutrients
	Soil pH	N	P	K	Ca	S	Mg	Zn	B	Cu
N	−0.46*	−0.11	−0.22*	−0.38*	−0.26*	−0.07	−0.1	−0.18	−0.28*	0.29*
P	0.13	−0.18	0.41*	0.25*	0.16	−0.07	0.05	0.10	0.02	−0.09
K	0.40*	0.09	0.25*	0.57*	0.22*	0.16	0.27*	0.21	0.25*	−0.14
Ca	0.13	0.26*	0.12	−0.15	0.21	0.11	0.05	0.16	0.23*	−0.17
S	0.11	0.11	−0.03	0.07	0.04	−0.01	0.05	0.24*	0.02	−0.14
Mg	−0.30*	0.24*	−0.17	−0.49*	−0.1	−0.11	0.07	0.04	−0.07	0.12
Zn	−0.07	0.03	−0.22*	0.07	−0.1	−0.12	−0.04	−0.07	−0.09	0.04
B	0.34*	0.10	0.24*	0.25*	0.21	0.08	0.10	0.22*	0.19	−0.24*
Cu	−0.24*	−0.37*	−0.30*	−0.16	−0.30*	−0.33*	−0.18	−0.20	−0.37*	0.29*

*Level of significant P < 0.05.