Table 5 Soil CEC parameters, along with land use and slope gradient.
Land unit/slope | Soil parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soil parameters | CEC | Ca2+ | Mg2+ | K+ | Na+ |
UFL | 60.77 | 19.73 | 6.52 | 2.87 | 0.71 |
UGL | 25.26 | 5.74 | 5.02 | 2.1 | 0.56 |
Upper cult | 28.30 | 6.83 | 4.13 | 2.24 | 0.47 |
Mean | 38.1 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
SE | 0.01577 | 0.127 | 2.56 | 0.111 | .239 |
Sig | 0.0174 | 0.012 | 0.0384 | 0.0112 | 0.174 |
MFL | 60.77 | 8.45 | 11.02 | 2.46 | 0.56 |
MGL | 25.20 | 8.77 | 1.43 | 2.1 | 0.33 |
MCL | 28.30 | 5.74 | 2.33 | 2.07 | 0.55 |
Mean | 38.09 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
SE | 1.75 | 0.1577 | 0.223 | 0.123 | 1.577 |
Sig | 0.035 | 0.0147 | 0.0174 | 0.074 | 0.075 |
LFL | 43.98 | 11.34 | 7.87 | 2.35 | 0.47 |
LGL | 30.31 | 7 | 4.31 | 2.18 | 0.39 |
LCL | 25.75 | 5.74 | 2.33 | 1.86 | 0.55 |
Mean | 33.34 | 8.03 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 0.47 |
SE | 2.127 | 1.377 | 1.233 | 0.755 | 0.57 |
Sig | 0.014 | 0.023 | 0.023 | 0.0157 | 0.01 |