From: Dispersed trees on smallholder farms enhance soil fertility in semi-arid Ethiopia
Tree | Radius from the tree (m) | OC% | TN% | AvP | EC | CEC | pH | C-to-N |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxytenanthera abyssinica | Under canopy | 1.73 (0.16)a | 0.26 (0.01)a | 7.21 (0.20)a | 0.07 (0.01) | 55.74 (1.35)a | 6.13 (0.10)a | 6.50 (0.47)a |
Near to canopy | 1.28 (0.09)b | 0.13 (0.01)b | 6.55 (0.19)a | 0.07 (0.01) | 48.02 (1.45)b | 6.30 (0.08)ab | 12.10 (2.10)b | |
Far from canopy | 1.30 (0.11)b | 0.12 (0.01)b | 6.02 (0.21)b | 0.08 (0.01) | 45.02 (2.18)b | 6.56 (0.09)b | 11.44 (0.43)b | |
F value | 4.179 | 57.337 | 9.125 | 0.852 | 10.569 | 5.922 | 5.806 | |
P value | * | *** | *** | 0.4333 | *** | ** | ** | |
Dalbergia melanoxylon | Under canopy | 1.02 (0.06)a | 0.13 (0.005)a | 6.37 (0.28)a | 0.11 (0.01) | 39.27 (3.20) | 7.29 (0.14) | 7.74 (0.5) |
Near to canopy | 0.70 (0.06)b | 0.09 (0.005)b | 5.78 (0.21)ab | 0.11 (0.01) | 30.32 (3.81) | 7.16 (0.18) | 8.59 (1.0) | |
Far from canopy | 0.65 (0.05)b | 0.07 (0.004)c | 5.32 (0.17)b | 0.14 (0.01) | 32.56 (3.68) | 7.15 (0.21) | 10.02 (1.1) | |
F value | 11.924 | 51.841 | 5.525 | 3.073 | 1.699 | 0.193 | 1.601 | |
P value | *** | *** | ** | 0.056 | 0.194 | 0.825 | 0.212 |