Research Article
Phosphorous Sorption Characteristics of Soils in Smallholding Land Use in Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Mean value of Alox, Feox, Mnox, Ald, Fed, Mnd, c-Al, c-Fe, c-Mnx and Feox/Fed by land uses.
| Factor | Treatment | Alo | Feox | Mnox | Ald (mg·kg−1) | Fed | Mnd | c-Al | c-Fe | c-Mn | Feox/Fed |
| Land use | Home garden | 0.16b | 0.54ba | 0.15a | 0.53b | 3.20ba | 0.18b | 0.37a | 2.70b | 0.13b | 0.24 | Grazing | 0.25b | 0.39b | 0.11b | 0.63ba | 2.03b | 0.24b | 0.38b | 1.64b | 0.11ba | 0.40 | Cropland | 0.41a | 0.67a | 0.16a | 0.86a | 4.64a | 0.30a | 0.45b | 3.97a | 0.14a | 0.48 | Wood | 0.26ab | 0.61a | 0.13b | 0.54b | 1.32b | 0.14b | 0.28ba | 0.71b | 0.03b | 0.47 |
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mean values of treatments in each factor in a column with the same letter are not statistically different. |