Impact of No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage Systems on Soil Microbial Communities

Table 5

Correlation coefficients between soil physicochemical and biochemical variables determined in the study.

Soil property	Phosphatase activity^†				PLFA biomarkers and ratios
	Acid P	Alk P	PDE		Total PLFA	Fungi	Bacteria	Fungi/bacteria	AM fungi
Soil organic carbon	0.72	0.95	0.92		0.98	0.53	−0.65	0.56	0.60
Soil moisture content	0.77	0.84	0.90		0.87	NS	−0.39	NS	0.45
Bulk density	NS*	−0.56	−0.46		−0.53	−0.62	0.49	−0.60	NS

^†Acid P, acid phosphatase; Alk P, alkaline phosphatase; PDE, phosphodiesterase;
*NS: No significant correlation (𝑃≤0.05).