Table 7 Effect of different land use-land covers on ionic content.
Ionic content (meq l− 1) | Soil Depth (cm) | L1 | L2 | Land uses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L3 | L4 | L5 | L6 | L7 | Mean | SE± | LSD (0.05) | ||||
Ca + Mg | 0–15 | 4.83d | 5.66c | 7.83b | 7.50b | 11.23a | 8.33b | 6.17c | 7.36 | 0.800 | 0.63 |
15–30 | 7.00d | 7.66c | 7.50c | 6.83d | 10.30a | 8.50b | 8.33b | 8.02 | 0.447 | 0.28 | |
30–60 | 6.83b | 5.00b | 4.16b | 6.17b | 8.65a | 8.00a | 5.67b | 6.35 | 0.605 | 1.13 | |
K | 0–15 | 0.23c | 0.42a | 0.36b | 0.33b | 0.43a | 0.31b | 0.28b | 0.34 | 0.027 | 0.04 |
15–30 | 0.18c | 0.27a | 0.17c | 0.21b | 0.27a | 0.16c | 0.16c | 0.20 | 0.018 | 0.02 | |
30–60 | 0.14a | 0.14a | 0.11c | 0.13b | 0.13b | 0.11c | 0.11c | 0.12 | 0.005 | 0.01 | |
Na | 0–15 | 8.55a | 4.50b | 3.32b | 4.20b | 2.15b | 3.23b | 4.21b | 4.31 | 0.769 | 1.13 |
15–30 | 7.43a | 7.80a | 5.23b | 7.20a | 4.15c | 4.21c | 7.16a | 6.17 | 0.599 | 0.46 | |
30–60 | 8.36b | 10.50a | 7.16c | 8.16b | 5.12d | 4.16e | 8.13b | 7.37 | 0.808 | 0.63 | |
Cl | 0–15 | 8.17a | 6.67b | 8.16a | 6.33b | 4.17c | 5.42b | 8.00a | 6.70 | 0.581 | 1.06 |
15–30 | 6.83b | 5.50b | 6.00b | 8.83a | 3.43c | 7.33b | 8.83a | 6.68 | 0.726 | 1.23 | |
30–60 | 6.83b | 5.33b | 6.17b | 9.17a | 3.00c | 5.50b | 8.33a | 6.33 | 0.773 | 1.21 | |
CO3 | 0–15 | 6.33a | 5.33b | 5.33b | 2.67d | 2.23e | 4.00c | 4.00c | 4.27 | 0.564 | 0.41 |
15–30 | 5.33a | 3.33b | 1.67d | 1.67d | 1.33e | 2.33c | 3.23b | 2.70 | 0.528 | 0.23 | |
30–60 | 3.33b | 4.00a | 4.00a | 1.33d | 1.33d | 3.33b | 2.67c | 2.86 | 0.430 | 0.36 | |
HCO3 | 0–15 | 16.30a | 3.83c | 3.50c | 4.67c | 4.23c | 4.83c | 8.66b | 6.57 | 1.746 | 2.12 |
15–30 | 7.00a | 3.67c | 1.83c | 4.83b | 3.13c | 2.17c | 5.17b | 3.97 | 0.690 | 1.06 | |
30–60 | 12.00a | 0.50e | 4.00c | 1.00e | 4.23c | 2.01d | 5.50b | 4.18 | 1.474 | 0.76 | |
