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

Table 3

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

Treatment	pH	TN (%)	Av. P	Av. S	Ex. K	Ex. Na	CEC	PBS
			mg kg^−1		cmol (+) kg^−1
Soil conservation practice
SB	6.20^a	0.21^a	9.07^a	1.82^a	0.83^a	0.12^b	26.36^a	58.78^a
FT	6.02^a	0.20^a	9.33^a	1.90^a	0.85^a	0.12^b	27.03^a	58.3^a
NC	5.48^b	0.11^b	3.40^b	1.21^b	0.23^b	0.17^a	10.5^b	25.36^b
LSD(0.05)	0.17	0.02	0.87	0.12	0.18	0.03	2.69	5.83
SEM	0.05	0.01	0.38	0.04	0.057	0.0087	0.95	1.85
Soil depth (cm)
0–15	5.98^a	0.18^a	7.83^a	1.81^a	0.68^a	0.13^a	24.55^a	47.67^a
15–30	5.83^b	0.17^a	6.70^b	1.49^b	0.58^a	0.15^a	18.05^b	47.29^a
LSD(0.05)	0.14	0.015	0.71	0.10	0.15	0.02	2.25	4.76
SEM	0.045	0.047	0.22	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.77	1.51
CP
SD		NS			NS	NS		NS
CV (%)	2.3	8.24	8.9	5.85	22.0	15.29	10.93	9.55

Figures followed by the same letter with in a column 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 farm land; CP = conservation practices; and SD = soil depth. and mean significant differences at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively, and NS =  nonsignificant.