Effects of Soil Conservation Practice and Crop Rotation on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of Dembecha District, Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 2
Interaction effects of crop rotations and conservation practice on soil physical and chemical properties.
Treatments
Sand
Silt
Clay
pH
Ex. aci
Ex. Ca
Ex. Mg
Ex. K
Ex. Na
Av.P
TN
OM
(%)
(H2O)
(cmolc/kg)
(cmolc/kg)
(ppm)
(%)
MMMUn
20.3a
19cd
60.7h
5.1a
2.56f
9.3g
5.4d
0.3j
0.8e
7.8e
0.23h
4.56e
MMMCo
19a
20.3a
60.7h
5.6d
1.81h
11.3e
6.6b
0.4i
0.2f
12.6a
0.24fgh
4.6de
MWMUn
16b
14.3f
69.7de
4.7f
2.75c
9.6fg
6c
0.4i
0.8d
7.4ef
0.22i
4.53e
MWMCo
12c
19.3cd
68ef
5.6a
1.71i
12.8d
7ab
1.2g
0.2f
9.3c
0.24ef
4.9c
MWWUn
15.7b
22b
62.3gh
4.9e
4.89a
10.2f
4.9d
2.01a
0.8d
5.6h
0.2j
4.53e
MWPCo
12.3c
20.3cb
67.3ef
5.3c
3.34b
12.94d
6.8b
2.04a
0.2f
6.6g
0.22i
4.64d
MWWUn
8.7e
19cd
72.3abc
4.8ef
2.3ef
10.17f
5.1d
1.5e
1.04c
5.3h
0.24gh
5bc
MWPCo
7.3ef
17.3ed
75.3abc
5.03d
1.81h
13.02d
7ab
1.8b
0.2f
10.3b
0.26cd
5.1b
MPPUn
6f
18.3d
75.7ab
4.83e
2.72c
13.3cd
5.24d
1.44f
1.18a
5.6h
0.24fg
5.1bc
MPPCo
7.3ef
15.7ef
77a
5.1d
2.36e
14.5b
6.82b
1.71c
0.2f
8.97cd
0.25cd
5.2a
MWFbUn
9.3de
25a
65.7fg
5.31c
2.51d
13.8c
5.3d
1.04h
1.1cb
7.1fg
0.25cd
4.9c
MWFbCo
12.7c
24.7a
65.7fg
5.6ab
2.03g
14.7b
6.8b
1.6d
0.22f
8.5d
0.27b
5.1bc
MFbPUn
11.3cd
18d
72cd
5.32c
2.3ef
15.12ab
5.1d
1.03h
1.11b
7.02fg
0.23bc
5.1bc
MFbPCo
12.3c
18.3cd
70de
5.5b
2.02g
15.44a
7.3a
1.52de
0.2f
8.9cd
0.28a
4.96c
p-value
CV (%)
11.06
5.81
2.78
1.52
1.96
3.16
3.91
2.24
4.49
4.02
1.71
3.26
Means followed by the same letter(s) within the same treatment group are statistically the same and showed no significant difference by DMRT ().,, and mean significant differences at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability levels, respectively, and NS means nonsignificant differences.