Effect of Soil Management Practices and Slope on Soil Fertility of Cultivated Lands in Mawula Watershed, Loma District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 8

Effect of soil management practices and slope ranges on micronutrient cations in soils of Mawula watershed.

SMP	Fe (mg·kg^−1)	Zn (mg·kg^−1)	Mn (mg·kg^−1)	Cu (mg·kg^−1)
NM	5.24^d	2.82^d	2.06^d	4.59^d
SB	5.53^c	3.38^c	2.81^c	5.19^c
FYM	5.84^b	3.95^b	3.46^b	5.86^b
SBFYM	6.30^a	5.06^a	4.09^a	6.26^a
LSD (0.05)	0.166	0.353	0.531	0.162
SEM (±)	0.056	0.116	0.178	0.053
CV (%)	8.46	26.2	13.12	58.4
Slope range
US	5.64^b	3.69^a	2.95^a	5.32^b
LS	5.82^a	3. 91^a	3.26^a	5.63^a
LSD (0.05)	0.112	0.249	0.382	0.114
SEM (±)	0.037	0.822	0.125	0.037

Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other at  ≤ 0.05; SMP, soil management practices; NM, no management; SB, soil bund; FYM, farm yard manure; SBFYM, soil bund integrated with farm yard manure; US, upper slope; LS, lower slope.