Soil Test Based Fertilizer Calibration for Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties of the Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of the study site’s soil before planting.

No	Parameter	Unit	Values	Classification	References
1.1	Sand	%	40
1.2	Silt	%	30
1.3	Clay	%	30
	Textural class			Clay loam	Bouyoucas hydrometer method
3	pH		6.8	Slightly acidic	Havlin et al. [11]
4	OC	%	2.70	Low	London [12]
5	TN	%	0.23	Moderate	Havlin et al. [11]
6	AP	mg kg^−1	2.15	Very low	Olsen et al. [13]
7	CEC	Cmock^−1	34.4	High	London [12]
8	AS	mg kg^−1	6.0	Very low	London [12]
9	AB	mg kg^−1	0.63	Very low	London [12]