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

Table 2

Mean valves of (n = 108) some selected physical properties of different locations and land use types of study areas.

Sodo zuria					Damot gale
Land use types	BD (g·cm^−3)	TP (%)	MC (%)	WHC (%)	BD (g·cm^−3)	TP (%)	MC (%)	WHC (%)
Enest-coffee	1.12a	59.02a	19.90a	24.95a	0.98a	64.36a	18.53a	22.78a
Crop land	1.33b	51.51b	18.14b	21.43b	1.16b	57.57b	18.05b	22.06a
Grazing land	1.28c	53.12c	19.95c	24.95c	1.20c	56.24c	20.59c	26.34b
Mean	1.24	54.55	19.33	23.78	1.11	59.39	19.09	23.72
CV (%)	12.05	10.03	7.83	10.47	8.58	5.86	8.63	10.07
LSD (0.05)	0.15	5.47	1.51	2.49	0.09	3.46	1.64	2.38
	Damot sore				Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	1.08a	59.38a	20.05a	26.15a	1.24a	54.73a	20.85a	26.37a
Crop land	1.18b	54.05b	19.70b	24.55b	1.39b	49.41b	18.52b	22.78b
Grazing land	1.14c	58.54c	20.71a	25.08b	1.35c	51.38c	18.44b	22.76b
Mean	1.13	57.32	20.71	25.26	1.33	51.84	19.27	23.97
CV (%)	4.89	2.47	2.31	2.86	8.85	7.75	6.64	7.86
LSD (0.05)	0.05	1.41	0.46	0.72	0.11	4.01	1.27	1.88

BD = bulk density, TP = total porosity, MC = moisture content, and WHC = water holding capacity.