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Table 2 Mean values of soil quality indicators among different land use types in Kersa sub-watershed

From: Soil quality evaluation under different land use types in Kersa sub-watershed, eastern Ethiopia

LUT

Sand (%)

Clay (%)

TP (%)

BIR (cm/ hr)

WSA (%)

BD (g/cm3)

Exchangeable properties (Cmol( +)/kg soil)

Av.P (mgkg−1)

OC (%)

TN (%)

pH (H2O)

SBR (CO2/min/day)

Fe (mgkg−1)

Zn (mg kg−1)

Ca

K

Mg

CEC

Grazing

54.0a

29.0a

57.56a

2.20a

66.30a

1.18b

23.33a

2.64a

7.20a

39.00a

10.12a

1.87a

0.18a

7.29a

7.6a

6.60a

1.68a

Cultivated

54.0a

29.3a

56.40a

2.13a

59.00b

1.30ab

22.50a

0.94b

6.10b

31.5b

6.43b

1.05b

0.14b

7.25a

6.0b

4.60b

0.92b

Fallow

51.0a

28.0a

52.2b

2.16a

53.00c

1.33a

19.6b

0.80b

5.70b

29.40c

5.63b

0.57c

0.08c

6.72b

3.7c

4.30c

0.86b

Mean

53

23.3

55.30

2.20

59.44

1.27

21.83

1.46

6.35

33.31

7.34

1.16

0.136

7.09

5.8

5.16

1.16

CV

11.8

28.8

1.11

12.30

2.02

5.16

2.09

12.41

3.99

2.06

20.90

1.35

5.45

3.41

10.4

1.93

5.43

LSD

12.4

13.4

1.23

0.52

2.40

0.13

0.91

0.36

0.51

1.376

3.10

0.03

0.01

0.48

1.1987

0.19

0.13

  1. LUT, Land use type; OC, organic carbon; AV. P, available Phosphorus; BD, Bulk Density; SBR, Soil Basal Respiration; BIR, Basic infiltration rate; WSA, Water Stable Aggregate; TP, Total Porosity; CEC, Cation Exchange Capacity
  2. Means followed by different letters within a column are significantly different at 0.05 levels