Measuring Soil Fertility under Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. Gmel by the Biotest Method

Table 2

Whole plant height (cm) of indicator plants.

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)
Plant height	Forest soil	Farmland soil	SD	ANOVA
Root	29	28	3.7	ns
Shoot	62	50	8.5	**
Total	91	78	10.2	*
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Root	25	20	3.7	**
Shoot	71	60	11.5	*
Total	96	80	13.3	*
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Root	22	20	1.3	**
Shoot	60	49	9.3	*
Total	82	69	10.5	*

**Significant (𝑃<.01); *significant (𝑃<.05); ns: nonsignificant (𝑃>.05).