TABLE 4.
Direct and indirect path coefficient values of soil and leaf factors on crop yields.
| Urease | Invertase | AP | Available K | Available P | SOM | |
| Urease | −0.851 | 0.58 | −0.01 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.46 |
| Invertase | −0.66 | 0.761 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.35 |
| AP | −0.10 | −0.03 | −0.058 | −0.13 | 0.37 | 0.20 |
| Available K | −0.44 | 0.56 | 0.02 | 0.469 | −0.08 | 0.14 |
| Available P | −0.45 | 0.15 | −0.04 | −0.07 | 0.532 | 0.14 |
| SOM | −0.56 | 0.38 | −0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.704 |
| NR | GS | SPS | SS | soluble sugar | chlorophyll | |
| NR | −0.167 | −0.41 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.34 | −0.04 |
| GS | −0.08 | −1.046 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.52 | −0.07 |
| SPS | 0.01 | 0.67 | −0.580 | −0.06 | −0.23 | 0.05 |
| SS | −0.15 | −0.66 | 0.03 | 1.183 | 0.45 | −0.06 |
| Soluble Sugar | −0.12 | −0.80 | 0.20 | 0.77 | 0.683 | −0.07 |
| Chlorophyll | −0.09 | −0.75 | 0.31 | 0.69 | 0.48 | −0.096 |
Bold numerals are the direct effect values. AP, acid phosphatase; K, potassium; P, phosphorus; SOM, soil organic matter; NR, nitrate reductase; GS, glutamine synthetase; SS, sucrose synthase; SPS, sucrose phosphate synthase.