Research Article

Effective Microorganisms Improve Growth, Nutrients Uptake, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Photosystem II, and Essential Oil While Reducing Canopy Temperature in Water-Stressed Salvia sclarea Plants

Table 6

Pearson’s correlation coefficients (below diagonal) among all studied attributes of clary (Salvia sclarea) plants grown under two irrigation (IR) treatments.

TraitNPKCaMgBZnMnFeCuOilTPDAFv/FmSPADNDVICTLA

N1
P0.7621
K0.9680.8761
Ca0.7080.9580.8141
Mg0.7860.9610.8870.9381
B−0.064−0.386−0.228−0.355−0.2061
Zn0.7320.8750.8170.9070.840−0.3061
Mn0.9220.8860.9590.8730.878−0.2150.9161
Fe0.8100.8680.8370.8560.9080.0660.8580.8741
Cu0.7970.9540.8630.9630.930−0.2450.8960.9200.9201
Oil0.461−0.0170.385−0.0560.1430.169−0.0890.2270.014−0.0281
TP0.029−0.519−0.103−0.569−0.4750.202−0.444−0.174−0.472−0.4760.6691
DA0.6360.8150.6900.7990.763−0.1840.8440.7210.8480.788−0.265−0.6641
Fv/Fm0.9560.8740.9870.8450.879−0.2710.8590.9620.8400.8760.338−0.1590.7381
SPAD0.9090.9250.9700.9110.946−0.2270.9010.9800.8950.9340.264−0.2550.7340.9721
NDVI0.9550.8860.9830.8700.894−0.2130.8820.9890.8740.9140.302−0.1640.7240.9890.9871
CT−0.648−0.920−0.749−0.950−0.8830.306−0.939−0.822−0.884−0.9170.2250.691−0.927−0.797−0.849−0.8091
LA0.9190.8210.9600.8160.828−0.3080.8460.9640.7500.8320.409−0.0240.6010.9670.9570.972−0.7221
SDW0.8670.8610.9230.8930.899−0.2290.8410.9470.8050.8940.348−0.1570.5920.9270.9680.955−0.7660.960

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). N, nitrogen; P, phosphorus; K, potassium; Ca, calcium; Mg, magnesium; B, boron; Zn, zinc; Mn, manganese, Fe, iron; Cu, copper; Oil, oil%; TP, total phenol; DA, dehydrogenase activity; Fv/Fm, chlorophyll fluorescence; SPAD, chlorophyll content; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index; CT, canopy temperature; Fv/Fm, chlorophyll fluorescence; SPAD, chlorophyll content; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index; LA, leaf area per plant in dm2; SDW, shoot dry weight per plant in g.