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

Table 3

Mean values of soil pH (n = 108) and change of soil pH across different locations and land use types of study areas.

Sodo zuria						Damot gale
Land use types	pH H2O	pH KCl	pH CaCl2	ΔpH KCl	ΔpH CaCl2	pH H2O	pH KCl	pH CaCl2	ΔpH KCl	ΔpH CaCl2
Enest-coffee	6.34a	5.85a	6.11a	0.49	0.23	7.01a	6.31a	6.50a	1.09	0.90
Crop land	5.30b	4.41b	4.71b	0.90	0.59	6.20b	4.80b	5.32b	1.40	0.90
Grazing	5.12c	4.37c	4.63c	0.75	0.75	6.10b	4.81b	5.10c	1.29	1.00
Mean	5.60	4.81	5.10	0.71	0.52	6.43	5.30	5.60	1.20	0.90
CV (%)	9.51	6.89	6.33	—	—	5.74	7.10	5.69	—	—
LSD (0.05)	0.53	0.33	0.32	—	—	0.38	0.37	0.32	—	—
	Damot sore					Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	6.70a	6.61a	5.72a	0.09	0.98	6.60a	5.30a	5.60a	1.30	1.00
Crop land	6.00b	5.80b	4.60b	0.20	1.40	6.00b	4.30b	4.70b	1.70	1.30
Grazing land	6.10b	5.72c	4.30c	0.38	1.80	5.60c	4.21b	4.61b	1.40	1.00
Mean	6.26	6.04	4.87	0.22	1.39	6.00	4.60	4.90	1.40	1.10
CV (%)	9.40	10.5	11.30	—	—	7.61	12.60	11.10	—	—
LSD (0.05)	0.59	0.64	0.75	—	—	0.46	0.68	0.56