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Table 1 OC, TN, AvP, EC, CEC, and pH under Oxytenanthera abyssinica and Dalbergia melanoxylon trees with different radii from trunk of the tree

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

  1. Note: Rows with the same superscript letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05. Standard error (SE) mean is shown in parenthesis, * are given when P values less than 0.05, ** are given when P values less than 0.01, and *** are given when P values less than 0.001
  2. OC % organic carbon percent, Total N% total nitrogen, Available P (ppm) available phosphorus, EC (dS/m) electrical conductivity, CEC meq/100 g cation exchange capacity