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Table 4 Means of soil quality parameters’ scores in the different land use types in Kersa sub-watershed

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

LU

Clay

Sand

WSA

OC

CEC

pH

BD

AV.P

SQI

GR

0.93a

0.91a

1.00a

0.24a

0.84a

0.51b

0.86a

0.29a

0.69a

CL

0.90a

0.91a

0.98b

0.11b

0.67b

0.50b

0.78ab

0.15b

0.62b

FA

0.92a

0.87a

0.87b

0.03c

0.63c

0.59a

0.75b

0.12b

0.59b

Mean

0.91

0.89

0.95

0.12

0.71

0.53

0.53

0.18

0.63

LSD

0.27

0.18

0.03

0.02

0.04

0.08

0.09

0.11

0.034

CV

14.9

10.4

1.72

2.03

2.16

8.17

6.16

29.2

2.24

  1. LU, Land Use; GR, Grazing Land; CL, Cultivated land; FA, Fallow Land; TP, Total Porosity; WSA, water-stable aggregate; CEC, Cation Exchange Capacity; BD, Bulk density; SQI, soil quality index; AvP, available Phosphorus
  2. Means followed by different letters within a column are significantly different from each other at 0.05 levels