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

Table 5

Effect of soil conservation practices and soil depths on micronutrient contents in soils of Uwite watershed.

Treatment	Fe	Mn	Zn	Cu
	mg kg^−1
Soil conservation practice
SB	4.20^a	1.58^c	0.56^a	0.20^a
FT	4.30^a	1.72^b	0.62^a	0.22^a
NC	3.11^b	2.22^a	0.40^b	0.14^b
LSD(0.05)	0.20	0.113	0.06	0.018
SEM (±)	0.058	0.036	0.018	0.006
Soil depth (cm)
0–15	4.00^a	1.90^a	0.58^a	0.21^a
15–30	3.7^b	1.77^b	0.48^b	0.16^b
LSD(0.05)	0.15	0.09	0.046	0.015
SEM (±)	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.005
CP
SD
CV (%)	3.67	4.86	8.3	7.5

Figures followed by the same letter(s) within a column for a given variable are not significantly different from each other at . SB = soil bund, FT = Fanya juu terrace, and NC = non-conserved farmland. LSD = least significant difference; SEM = standard error of means; CV = coefficient of variation; CP = conservation practices; and SD = soil depth. and mean significant differences at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively.