Fertility Status of Acid Soils under Different Land Use Types in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean values (n = 108) of particle size distribution and texture class of different locations and land use types of study areas.

Sodo zuria						Damot gale
Land use types	Particle size distribution			Silt/clay ratio	Texture class	Particle size distribution			Silt/clay ratio	Texture class
	Sand %	Clay %	Silt %			Sand %	Clay %	Silt %
Enest-coffee	35a	33a	29a	1.0	Clay loam	22a	37a	25a	0.8	Sandy clay loam
Crop land	39b	29b	33b	1.1	Clay loam	40b	26b	50b	2.0	Clay loam
Grazing land	26c	38c	38c	0.9	Clay loam	38c	37a	25a	0.7	Clay loam
Mean	40	30	33	0.9		40	30	30	1.0
CV (%)	12	12	11			10	13	10
LSD (0.05)	7	8	8			10	13	9
	Damot sore					Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	28a	24a	35	2.4	Silt loam	28a	39a	25a	1.3	Clay loam
Crop land	41b	39b	33	0.8	Clay loam	36b	26b	46b	1.8	Loam
Grazing land	31c	37c	32	0.8	Clay loam	36b	35c	29c	0.8	Clay loam
Mean	29	35	43	1.1		32	29	35	1.1
CV (%)	10	13	10.1			8.6	7.8	9.4
LSD (0.05)	5	3	7			4	5	7

CV = coefficient of variation, LSD = least significant difference.