Environmental Systems Research

Table 1 The mean values of sand, silt, clay, and bulk density under ALM treatments and the non-treatment lands

From: Effect of agricultural land management practices on the selected soil quality indictors: empirical evidences from the south Ethiopian highlands

Parameters	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	Textural class	BD(g/cm³)
NT	25.04	33	41.8	Clay loam	1.22
ToP5Y	23.77	32.9	42.9	Clay loam	1.13
ToP10Y	21.94	33.9	43.3	Clay loam	1.09
TIN5Y	23.34	33.7	44.1	Clay loam	1.06
TIN10Y	21.91	33.3	44.7	Clay loam	0.97
F	9.38	0.92	7.57		5.61
p	0.000	0.459	0.000		0.065

NT non-treated land, TolP5Y treated with only physical practices for 5 years, TolP10Y treated with only physical practices for 10 years, TIN10Y treated with integrate measures for 5 years, TIN10Y treated with integrate measures for 10 years

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