Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Slope Gradient on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in Ejersa Watershed, Toke Kutaye District, Ethiopia

Table 2

The soil chemical parameters determined.

Treatments	Chemical parameters
	pH	EC (mS/m)	CEC (meq/100 g)	OC (%)	OM (%)	TN (%)	AvP (ppm)
Treated	6.40^a	40.26^a	33.51^a	2.66^a	4.58^a	0.24^a	29.45^a
Untreated	6.16^b	15.12^b	21.56^b	2.24^b	3.86^b	0.15^b	17.68^b
Treated higher	6.25^a	35.17^a	25.87^a	2.54^a	4.37^b	0.22^a	25.86^a
Treated medium	6.41^b	42.00^b	29.00^b	2.70^a	4.66^b	0.22^b	28.18^b
Treated lower	6.52^c	43.60^c	45.67^c	2.73^a	4.71^b	0.24^c	34.31^c
Overall mean	6.4	40.26	33.51	2.66	4.58	0.24	29.45
SD	±0.12	±3.89	±9.25	±0.23	±0.39	±0.02	±3.84
CV (%)	2	10	28	9	9	9	13
Untreated higher	6.13^a	10.02^a	17.80^a	2.11^c	3.64^a	0.12^a	15.66^a
Untreated medium	6.17^ab	10.50^ab	21.60^b	2.26^c	3.90^a	0.15^b	17.98^bc
Untreated lower	6.19^b	24.83^c	25.27^c	2.34^c	4.04^a	0.20^c	19.41^c
Overall mean	6.16	15.12	21.56	2.24	3.86	0.15	17.68
SD	±0.03	±7.29	±3.26	±0.21	±0.37	±0.03	±1.65
CV (%)	1	48	15	10	10	21	9
LSD (5%)	0.498	0.044	0.451	0.414	0.860	0.551	0.349

Means within a column represented by the same letter are not significantly different (), while those represented by dissimilar letters are significantly different.