Changes in Soil Phosphorus Pools and Chemical Properties under Liming in Nitisols of Farawocha, South Ethiopia

Table 5

Correlation (Pearson) of lime with soil chemical properties.

B

CEC

Ca

Cu

Fe

Lime

Mg

Mn

OC

TN

S

Zn

pH

K

Av. P

Ex. acidity

Ex. Al

Ex. H

CEC

0.4674^NS

Ca

0.9250

0.6151

Cu

0.9871

0.5326^NS

0.9634

Fe

−0.9693

−0.4298^NS

−0.9570

−0.9803

Lime

0.9097

0.6431

0.9987

0.9518

−0.9415

Mg

0.9355

0.6191

0.9975

0.9721

−0.9582

0.9952

Mn

−0.9727

−0.6215

−0.9430

−0.9709

0.9383

−0.9368

−0.9495

Oc

−0.7427

−0.7876

−0.9222

−0.8030

0.7899

−0.9385

−0.9087

0.8370

TN

0.0415 ^NS

0.0530 ^NS

0.0009 ^NS

0.0644 ^NS

0.0402 ^NS

0.0000 ^NS

0.0228 ^NS

0.0011^NS

0.1045^NS

S

0.8995

0.6172

0.9869

0.9432

−0.9232

0.9887

0.9830

−0.9153

−0.9127

0.1120^NS

Zn

0.9773

0.4082^NS

0.9471

0.9845

−0.9973

0.9299

0.9523

−0.9371

−0.7604

0.0090^NS

0.9163

pH

0.9456

0.5862

0.9941

0.9725

−0.9633

0.9908

0.9920

−0.9576

−0.8987

0.0488^NS

0.9873

0.9569

K

0.8850

0.5473^NS

0.7397

0.8387

−0.7694

0.7309

0.7562

−0.9149

−0.6150

−0.0176^NS

0.7115

0.7787

0.7743

Av. P

0.9358

0.6397

0.9931

0.9676

−0.9446

0.9929

0.9939

−0.9636

−0.9155

0.0071^NS

0.9801

0.9378

0.9900

0.7935

Ex. acidity

−0.9752

−0.4796^NS

−0.8512

−0.9421

0.9042

−0.8361

−0.8652

0.9667

0.6756

−0.0105^NS

−0.8199

−0.9144

−0.8808

−0.9630

0.8825

Ex. Al

−0.4713^NS

−0.2316 ^NS

−0.6590

−0.5629 ^NS

0.6608

−0.6522

−0.6390

0.4821^NS

0.6253

0.2407^NS

−0.6055

−0.6299

−0.6159

−0.1654^NS

−0.6015

0.3436^NS

EX. H

−0.9658

−0.4776^NS

−0.8322

−0.9285

0.8863

−0.8173

−0.8469

0.9596

0.6578

−0.0114^NS

−0.8013

−0.8974

−0.8640

−0.9719

−0.8672

0.9992

0.3112^NS

Na

−0.1520^NS

−0.7923

−0.4251 ^NS

−0.2612 ^NS

0.1798 ^NS

−0.4616 ^NS

−0.4244 ^NS

0.2689 ^NS

0.6396

−0.2419^NS

−0.4879 ^NS

−0.1601 ^NS

−0.3861 ^NS

−0.0777 ^NS

−0.4113^NS

0.0716 ^NS

0.2117 ^NS

0.0580 ^NS

Significance at the 5% level; significance at the 1% level; significance at the 0.1% level. NS: not significant.