Table 3 Land use types’ effects on the chemical characteristics of the soil at Liben Jawi Woreda.

From: Impact of land use types on selected soil physicochemical parameters in the case of Liben Jawi district, Ethiopia

Properties

Forest land

Grass land

Cultivated land

Mean

SE

P-value

PH (H2O:2.5)

6.06

6.12

5.24

5.8

0.08

0.04

EC (ds/m)

0.08

0.02

0.03

0.04

6.785

3.72

OC (%)

7.06

2.57

2.78

4.13

0.0638

0.83

SOM (%)

12.18

4.43

4.79

7.13

0.1898

0.83

Av.P (mg/kg)

70.7

33.34

26.51

43.51

175.45

0.24

Tot.N (%)

0.82

0.22

0.23

0.42

0.0013

2.02

CEC (cmol/kg)

49.86

27.61

26.26

34.57

22.023

1.22

Ca (cmol/kg)

13.17

7.17

6.10

8.81

15.99

0.74

Mg (cmol/kg)

8.47

3.58

2.93

4.99

0.5566

0.62

Na (cmol/kg)

0.58

0.39

0.55

0.5

0.0059

 

K (cmol/kg)

2.56

2.21

2.05

2.27

0.0294

1.74

  1. The P-value was significant at a 95% confidence interval, SE = standard error.
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