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

Table 6

Effects of lime on soil available P, S, TN, and %OC (mean).

Lime rate (t/ha)	Ava. P	S	TN	OC
	mg/kg		%
0	3.2 d	29.54 d	0.17 a	2.44 a
5.25	4.53 c	34.19 c	0.17 a	2.41 b
10.5	5.36 b	39.06 b	0.17 a	2.39 c
15.75	6.32 a	44.04 a	0.17 a	2.31 d
LSD 0.05	0.19	1.15	0.02	0.02
CV %	1.96	1.57	5.09	0.42

LSD 0.05: least significant difference at the 5% level; CV: coefficient of variation. Means in the column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 5% level of significance.