Research Article

Land Cover and Soil Properties Influence on Forage Quantity in a Semiarid Region in East Africa

Table 2

Relationship between soil properties and forage quantity in grasslands.

Biomass (kg/ha)NSOMKP (ppm)NaMgpH% clay% sand

Biomass (kg/ha)1
N−0.4861
SOM−0.3750.5091
K−0.6030.2410.4421
P (ppm)0.0770.50.112−0.2191
Na−0.2040.2330.490.0050.071
Mg0.536−0.571−0.205−0.158−0.2650.141
pH−0.1340.1060.009−0.014−0.4660.0550.1461
% clay−0.2630.038−0.4030.32−0.3370.032−0.135−0.0851
% sand0.1580.0640.438−0.1730.4310.0390.208−0.095−0.9381