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

Table 4

Mean values (n = 108) of exchangeable base and percentage of base saturation in different location and land use types of study areas.

Sodo zuria						Damot gale
Land use types	Ex.Ca	Ex.Mg	Ex.K	Ex.Na	PBS	Ex.Ca	Ex.Mg	Ex.K	Ex.Na	PBS
	(C molc·kg^−1)			(%)		(C molc·kg^−1)			(%)
Enest-coffee	9.10a	4.50b	1.20a	0.34a	74.47a	11.44a	3.53a	0.75a	0.18a	85.02a
Crop lantd	8.76b	4.39a	0.24b	0.23b	70.80b	11.26b	3.22b	0.31b	0.14b	78.45b
Grazing	8.46c	4.10c	0.57c	0.34a	70.48a	11.08c	3.46c	0.68c	0.17a	80.25b
Mean	8.77	4.33	0.67	0.30	71.91	11.26	3.40	0.56	0.16	81.24
CV (%)	4.30	5.66	9.60	5.72	10.52	8.82	10.20	8.60	8.50	11.98
LSD (0.05)	0.47	0.35	0.20	0.15	0.56′	0.16	0.75	0.18	0.05	0.86
	Damot sore					Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	11.40a	3.40a	0.37a	0.17a	72.35a	10.15a	3.85a	0.44a	0.33a	83.92a
Crop land	11.13b	3.13b	0.21b	0.16b	71.01a	10.43b	3.37b	0.26b	0.26b	81.36b
Grazing	9.93c	3.30c	0.29c	0.17a	70.20b	10.40b	3.84a	0.31a	0.31a	79.89c
Mean	7,95	3.27	0.29	0.16	71.21	10.32	3.68	0.33	0.30	81.72
CV (%)	4.94	5.36	8.80	7.40	10.67	4.33	8.03	6.36	7.60	12.34
LSD (0.05)	0.47	0.21	0.23	0.21	0.67	0.46	0.44	0.02	0.12	0.41