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Table 4 Main effects of sub-watersheds, landscape positions, land-use types, and soil depths on selected soil chemical properties

From: Effects of sustainable land management interventions on selected soil properties in Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

 

EC

pH

TN

Av.P

Ex.K

OC

Sub-watershed (SW)

 Untreated

0.046b

6.30a

0.063b

6.23b

0.44b

0.42b

 Treated

0.063a

6.11b

0.107a

11.12a

0.54a

0.98a

Landscape position

 Upper

0.056

6.16

0.078

8.79

0.41b

0.68

 Lower

0.053

6.24

0.092

8.56

0.57a

0.72

Land use

 Crop

0.054

6.23

0.091

9.84a

0.48

0.76a

 Grazing

0.055

6.17

0.079

7.51b

0.50

0.65b

Soil depth

 0–15 cm

0.047b

6.33a

0.102a

10.15a

0.56a

0.85a

 15–30 cm

0.062a

6.07b

0.068b

7.20b

0.42b

0.56b

P–SW

***

**

***

***

**

***

P–LP

ns

ns

ns

ns

***

ns

P–LU

ns

ns

ns

***

ns

*

P–SD

*

***

**

***

***

***

  1. Interaction means under each heading within columns followed by different letter(s) are significantly different from each other at P ≤ 0.05; *significant at P ≤ 0.05; **significant at P ≤ 0.01; ***significant at P ≤ 0.001; ns non-significant, EC electrical conductivity (dS m−1), pH soil reaction (pH meter), TN total nitrogen, Av.P available phosphorus (PPM), Ex.K exchangeable potassium (%), OC organic carbon (%)