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Table 3 The mean and their significant variations (one-way ANOVA) of soil chemical properties in conserved and non-conserved plots

From: Effects of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

 

pH (H2O)

SOC (%)

SOM (%)

TN (%)

Av. P (ppm)

CEC and Exch. cations [cmol(+) kg−1]

CEC

Na+

K+

Ca2+

Mg2+

Treatment

CL

5.77

2.49

4.3

.270

6.96

33.6

.31

.52

19.3

8.68

NCL

5.66

1.66

2.86

.138

7.9

31.9

.18

.46

21.4

5.87

F ratio

.772

4.457

4.457

8.504

.353

.195

12.36

.361

.425

9.515

p

.389ns

.046*

.046*

.008**

.558ns

.663ns

.002**

.554ns

.521ns

.005**

  1. Av. P available phosphorous, CEC cation exchange capacity, CL conserved land, NCL non-conserved land, ns not significant at p < 0.05, P p value, SOC soil organic carbon, SOM soil organic matter; **,* significantly different at p < 0.01 and p < 0.05 respectively (two-tailed); TN total nitrogen