Cmic Nmic Moisture pH EC Corg T-N TC/TN Sand Silt Clay Nmic 0.967**                     Moisure 0.818** 0.724**                   pH 0.472* 0.397 0.55**                 EC 0.75** 0.638** 0.89** 0.732**               Corg 0.932** 0.85** 0.92** 0.446* 0.803**             T-N 0.828** 0.764** 0.874** 0.613** 0.851** 0.865**           TC/TN 0.33 0.303 0.485** 0.056 0.279 0.336 0.296         Sand -0.774** -0.708** -0.93** -0.504* -0.812** -0.828** -0.882** -0.645**       Silt 0.553** 0.477* 0.778** 0.263 0.564** 0.699** 0.716** 0.603** -0.854**     Clay 0.79** 0.745** 0.858** 0.593* 0.842** 0.757** 0.831** 0.544** -0.908** 0.557**   Av-P 0.234 0.16 0.038 -0.354 0.07 0.302 0.12 -0.198 0.033 0.054 -0.096

Pearson’s correlation coefficient, n=20, *P<0.05, **P<0.01

Table 3: Correlation matrix (r-values) for Cmic and Nmic and physical-chemical characteristics of soils in NGST.