Research Article

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

Table 8

Mean values of (n = 108) available micronutrients in different location with land use types.

Sodo zuriaDamot gale
Land use typesFeCuZnMnFeCuZnMn
(mg kg−1)(mg kg−1)

Enest-coffee172.20a6.33a12.51a143.67a146.50a3.62a11.17a142.40a
Crop land182.20b0.31b12.77a143.22b157.70b0.23b11.84b140.20a
Grazing177.00c6.15c11.97b136.39b149.40c0.80c11.31b137.80b
Mean177.064.2612.41107.76151.202.0511.44140.13
CV (%)9.347.8011.4914.6710.88.47.9012.70
LSD (0.05)1.643.320.420.477.101.880.400.78

Damot soreBoloso sore

Enest-coffee123.30a2.86a10.10a132.50a97.30a3.93a9.58a116.50a
Crop land129.40b0.80b10.70b147.30b101.70b1.25b8.98b123.80b
Grazing125.00c2.50c10.30c139.00c99.50c2.20c9.40a122.60c
Mean125.902.0510.36139.6099.502.269.32122.46
CV (%)7.428.409.4010.899.407.2012.6012.70
LSD (0.05)1.301.740.480.524.301.890.170.68