Table 1 Results of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to examine significant difference in the parameters of the soil samples collected in January and June and Kruskal–Wallis test to examine the significant differences based on locations-upstream, town and downstream
From: Soil characteristics in the floodplains of Munawar Tawi in Rajouri, Western Himalayas, India
Parameters | V | P< | KS-January samples | KS-June samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chi square | df | P< | Chi square | Df | P< | |||
pH | 0 | 0.01 | 23.1782 | 2 | 0.01 | 18.0717 | 2 | 0.01 |
EC (dS/m) | 21 | 0.01 | 22.2753 | 2 | 0.01 | 17.7693 | 2 | 0.01 |
OC% | 361 | 0.01 | 13.7402 | 2 | 0.01 | 17.9528 | 2 | 0.01 |
N (kg/ha) | 317 | 0.01 | 23.1499 | 2 | 0.01 | 20.7723 | 2 | 0.01 |
P (kg/ha) | 0 | 0.01 | 20.8954 | 2 | 0.01 | 19.5916 | 2 | 0.01 |
K (kg/ha) | 74.5 | 0.05 | 20.8954 | 2 | 0.01 | 23.2564 | 2 | 0.01 |
Na (mg/g) | 292.5 | 0.01 | 0.868 | 2 | 0.1 | 16.3159 | 2 | 0.01 |
Mg (mg/g) | 378 | 0.01 | 13.7311 | 2 | 0.01 | 12.8907 | 2 | 0.01 |
Ca (mg/g) | 378 | 0.01 | 7.0301 | 2 | 0.05 | 8.5446 | 2 | 0.05 |
Cu (ppm) | 346.5 | 0.01 | 22.254 | 2 | 0.01 | 23.2208 | 2 | 0.01 |
Zn (ppm) | 27 | 0.01 | 18.0717 | 2 | 0.01 | 23.285 | 2 | 0.01 |
Fe (ppm) | 83.5 | 0.01 | 11.6722 | 2 | 0.01 | 23.1924 | 2 | 0.01 |
Mn (ppm) | 0 | 0.01 | 21.1022 | 2 | 0.01 | 23.2066 | 2 | 0.01 |