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. 2020 Dec 21;11:613760. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.613760

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.