Soil Properties as Affected by Soil Conservation Practices and Soil Depths in Uwite Watershed, Hadero Tunto District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Effect of soil conservation practices and soil depths on selected physical properties of soils in Uwite watershed.

Treatment	Sand	Silt	Clay	STC	BD (mg m^−3)	TP	SMC
	(%)					(%)
Soil conservation practice
SB	34.83^b	32.33^a	32.83^a	CL	1.25^b	51.76^a	15.33^a
FT	39.83^b	27.66^a	32.50^a	CL	1.29^b	50.74^ab	10.21^b
NC	55.50^a	22.00^b	17.83^b	SL	1.37^a	48.54^b	7.01^c
LSD(0.05)	7.7	4.87	4.38		0.077	2.33	1.93
SEM	2.47	1.54	1.4		0.024	0.74	0.61
Soil depth (cm)
0–15	43.44^a	27.55^a	28.11^a	CL	1.27^b	51.30^a	11.46^a
15–30	43.33^a	27.11^a	27.33^a	CL	1.34^a	49.40^b	10.24^a
LSD(0.05)	6.34	3.98	3.57		0.062	1.91	1.58
SEM	2.48	1.26	1.13		0.019	0.60	0.51
CP
SD	NS	NS	NS				NS
CV (%)	13.9	13.8	12.27		4.56	3.6	13.8

Figures followed by the same letter within a column for a given variable and parameter are not significantly different from each other at . LSD = least significant difference; SEM = standard error of the mean; CV = coefficient of variation; SB = soil bund; FT = Fanya Juu terrace; NC = nonconserved; SMC = soil moisture content; TP = total porosity; CP = conservation practices; and SD = soil depth. and mean significant differences at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively, and NS = means nonsignificant differences.