Environmental Systems Research

Table 1 Some selected physical and chemical properties of soils for the experimental sites before planting

From: Response of soybean to Rhizobial inoculation and starter N fertilizer on Nitisols of Assosa and Begi areas, Western Ethiopia

Type of soil analysis	Location
Type of soil analysis	Assosa	Begi
Soil particle size (Texture)	Silt clay loam	Clay loam
pH	5.52 ± 0.04	6.16 ± 0.06
OC (%)	2.01 ± 0.12	2.30 ± 0.30
Total N (%)	0.14 ± 0.15	0.25 ± 0.22
Bray-II available P (mg kg⁻¹)	14.50 ± 0.65	26.00 ± 1.52
Exchangeable K (g kg⁻¹)	5.60 ± 0.55	19.40 ± 0.30
CEC (meq 100 g⁻¹)	18.40 ± 0.38	27.30 ± 0.78

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