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

Table 5

Mean values (n = 108) of basic cation saturation ratio, K saturation percentage, and calcium carbonate in different locations and land use types.

Sodo zuria						Damot gale
Land use types	K : Mg	K : Ca	Ca : Mg	K-index %	CaCo3 %	K : Mg	K : Ca	Ca : Mg	K-index %	CaCo3 %
Enest-coffee	0.26a	0.13a	2.02a	0.06a	24.15a	0.21a	0.06a	3.24a	0.04a	23.70a
Crop land	0.05c	0.03b	1.99b	0.01b	23.92b	0.09c	0.03b	3.44b	0.02b	23.20b
Grazing	0.14b	0.07b	2.06a	0.03b	23.56b	0.19b	0.06a	3.25a	0.03b	22.70c
Mean	0.15	0,07	2.02	0.03	23.87	0.16	0.05	3.31	0.03	23.20
CV (%)	7.70	7.90	11.11	6.53	10.73	6.55	6.89	12.23	5.47	12.70
LSD (0.05)	0.02	0.04	0.13	0.04	1.56	0.21	0.02	0.14	0.01	1.95
	Damot sore					Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	0.11a	0.03a	3.35a	0.02a	23.02a	0.11a	0.04a	2.63a	0.02a	23.17a
Crop land	0.07b	0.02b	3.5b	0.01b	22.64b	0.08b	0.02b	3.10b	0.01b	23.05b
Grazing	0.08b	0.03b	3.01b	0.01b	22.12b	0.08b	0.03b	2.70c	0.01a	21.10b
Mean	0.08	0.02	3.30	0.01	2259.	0.09	0.03	2.81	0.01	22.44
CV (%)	10.11	9.82	12.10	5.10	6.44	9.10	6.71	10.10	4.50	8.33
LSD (0.05)	0.01	0.06	0.25	0.01	1.38	0.10	0.02	0.32	0.01	1.87