Table 1 Soil physicochemical properties in different land-use types (means ± SE with a common letter are not statistically different by HSD test at 5% level of significance). Values are the mean of three seasons and 2 years

Sand (%)

42.80 ± 4.40^a

42.23 ± 3.20^a

42.52 ± 3.80^a

47.00 ± 3.01^a

46.63 ± 3.41^a

46.82 ± 3.21^a

39.00 ± 3.40^a

38.11 ± 3.21^a

38.56 ± 3.31^a

Silt (%)

30.62 ± 2.80^a

31.02 ± 3.21^a

30.82 ± 3.01^a

30.00 ± 2.78^a

30.21 ± 3.02^a

30.11 ± 2.90^a

32.70 ± 3.40^a

31.21 ± 2.55^a

31.96 ± 2.98^a

Clay (%)

26.58 ± 3.20^a

26.75 ± 2.41^a

26.67 ± 2.81^a

23.00 ± 5.32^a

23.16 ± 3.21^a

23.08 ± 4.26^a

28.30 ± 4.20^a

30.68 ± 2.34^a

29.49 ± 3.27^a

BD (g cm⁻³)

0.75 ± 0.05^a

0.81 ± 0.06^b

0.81 ± 0.06^ab

0.70 ± 0.05^a

0.73 ± 0.05^b

0.72 ± 0.05^ab

0.62 ± 0.07^a

0.77 ± 0.04^b

0.70 ± 0.06^ab

Moisture (%)

35.40 ± 3.60^a

24.21 ± 0.23^b

29.81 ± 1.92^ab

37.00 ± 5.62^a

31.32 ± 5.62^b

34.16 ± 5.62^ab

41.02 ± 0.89^a

34.21 ± 0.45^b

37.62 ± 0.67^ab

pH

5.61 ± 0.07^a

5.57 ± 0.05^a

5.59 ± 0.06^a

5.40 ± 0.05^a

5.34 ± 0.03^a

5.37 ± 0.04^a

5.05 ± 0.06^a

5.00 ± 0.05^a

5.03 ± 0.06^a

C (%)

4.34 ± 0.30^a

3.65 ± 0.45 ^b

4.00 ± 0.38^c

4.09 ± 0.35^a

3.64 ± 0.36^b

3.87 ± 0.35^c

3.16 ± 0.19^a

2.85 ± 0.03^b

3.01 ± 0.11^c

TN (%)

0.32 ± 0.07^a

0.25 ± 0.03^b

0.29 ± 0.05^c

0.30 ± 0.05^a

0.25 ± 0.04^b

0.28 ± 0.05^c

0.22 ± 0.03^a

0.20 ± 0.04^b

0.21 ± 0.04^ab

P (%)

0.05 ± 0.01^a

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.04 ± 0.01^ab

0.04 ± 0.01^a

0.02 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^c

0.02 ± 0.01^a

0.01 ± 0.01^b

0.02 ± 0.01^ab

SOC stock (Mg C ha⁻¹)

40.99 ± 4.01^a

38.17 ± 3.78^b

39.58 ± 3.90^c

40.41 ± 2.93^a

35.89 ± 4.80^b

38.15 ± 3.86^ab

34.16 ± 2.69^a

31.64 ± 1.42^b

32.90 ± 2.06^ab

C/N (%)

13.56^a

14.4^b

13.98^ab

13.63^a

14.56^a

14.10^a

14.36^a

14.25^a

14.31^a