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Table 2 Soil properties after applying various treatments

From: Exploring selected plant nutrient in compost prepared from food waste and cattle manure and its effect on soil properties and maize yield at Wondo Genet, Ethiopia

Parameters

Treatment (mean ± SD)

p-value

100FW

75FW25M

50FW50M

25FW75M

Control

Commercial fertilizer

EC (dS/m)

0.05 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.00

0.04 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.02

0.04 ± 0.00

0.33

pH 1:2:5

6.16 ± 0.11

6.14 ± 0.06

6.32 ± 0.17

6.27 ± 0.12

6.29 ± 0.17

6.18 ± 0.14

0.99

AK (cmol (+)/Kg Soil)

0.79 ± 0.29

0.68 ± 0.07

0.58 ± 0.12

0.73 ± 0.25

0.71 ± 0.15

0.62 ± 0.16

0.30

AP (mg/Kg)

12.15 ± 1.24

9.27 ± 4.16

7.01 ± 3.29

8.49 ± 4.56

4.62 ± 2.36

6.56 ± 1.13

0.13

TN (%)

0.16 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.03

0.17 ± 0.03

0.14 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.03

0.18 ± 0.05

0.69

OC (%)

1.66 ± 0.40

1.53 ± 0.23

1.70 ± 0.31

1.39 ± 0.20

1.25 ± 0.29

1.78 ± 0.50

0.43

CEC (cmol (+)/Kg Soil)

15.49 ± 1.62

14.86 ± 2.82

17.32 ± 1.37

15.15 ± 2.58

15.003.83

17.82 ± 1.06

0.54